We evaluate two low-cost college support programs designed to target poor time management, a common challenge among many undergraduates. We experimentally evaluate the programs across three distinct colleges, randomly assigning more than 9,000 students to construct a weekly schedule in an online planning module and to receive weekly study reminders or coach consultation via text message. Despite high participation and engagement, and treated students at two sites marginally increasing study time, we estimate precise null effects on student credit accumulation, course grades, and retention at each site for the full sample and for multiple subgroups. The results and other supplemental evidence suggest that low-touch programs that offer scheduling assistance, encouragement, and reminders for studying lack the required scope to significantly affect academic outcomes. Acknowledgements: At the University of Toronto, we are indebted to the first-year economics instructors for their willingness to incorporate an experiment into their courses for a fourth consecutive year. We especially thank James Lahey, our web developer, for his tireless commitment to designing and perfecting the experiment’s website, as well as for his help with organizing and extracting the experimental data. Spencer Dean, Chelsea Kowalski, Catherine Tessier, Chester Madrazo, Ophelia Au, and Erica Rzepecki showed great enthusiasm and professionalism in their role as coaches. At WGU, we thank Jason Levin, Chelsea Barnett, and Narendra Pandya for their help designing, programming, and executing this study. Thanks also to seminar participants at the University of Michigan, Michigan State University, UC San Diego, Notre Dame University, the Institute of Behavior & Inequality, MDRC, the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management (APPAM) 2017 annual research conference, the Society of Labor Economists’ 2018 annual meetings, and the College Board. All remaining errors are our own. The experiments in this paper were both registered with the AEA RCT Registry. The RCT IDs are AEARCTR-0000972 and AEARCTR-0000810. Oreopoulos – University of Toronto and NBER, philip.oreopoulos@utoronto.ca; Patterson – United States Military Academy, richard.patterson@usma.edu; Petronijevic – York University, upetroni@yorku.ca; Pope – University of Maryland, pope@econ.umd.edu.

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改善传统和在线大学生时间管理的低接触尝试

我们评估了两个低成本的大学支持计划，旨在解决时间管理不善的问题，这是许多本科生面临的共同挑战。我们通过实验评估了三个不同学院的课程，随机分配 9,000 多名学生在在线计划模块中构建每周时间表，并通过短信接收每周学习提醒或教练咨询。尽管参与度和参与度很高，并且在两个地点接受治疗的学生略微增加了学习时间，但我们估计了每个地点的完整样本和多个子组对学生学分积累、课程成绩和保留率的精确零影响。结果和其他补充证据表明，提供日程安排帮助、鼓励、学习提醒缺乏必要的范围来显着影响学业成绩。致谢：在多伦多大学，我们感谢一年级经济学讲师，他们愿意连续第四年将实验纳入他们的课程。我们特别感谢我们的 Web 开发人员 James Lahey，他对设计和完善实验网站的不懈努力，以及在组织和提取实验数据方面提供的帮助。Spencer Dean、Chelsea Kowalski、Catherine Tessier、Chester Madrazo、Ophelia Au 和 Erica Rzepecki 在他们作为教练的角色中表现出了极大的热情和专业精神。在 WGU，我们感谢 Jason Levin、Chelsea Barnett 和 Narendra Pandya，感谢他们帮助设计、编程和执行这项研究。还要感谢密歇根大学、密歇根州立大学、加州大学圣地亚哥分校、圣母大学、行为与不平等研究所、MDRC、公共政策分析与管理协会 (APPAM) 2017 年年度研究会议、学会的研讨会参与者劳工经济学家 2018 年年会和大学理事会。所有剩余的错误都是我们自己的。本文中的实验均已在 AEA RCT Registry 注册。RCT ID 是 AEARCTR-0000972 和 AEARCTR-0000810。Oreopoulos – 多伦多大学和 NBER，philip.oreopoulos@utoronto.ca；帕特森 - 美国军事学院，richard.patterson@usma.edu；Petronijevic – 约克大学，upetroni@yorku.ca；教皇 - 马里兰大学，pope@econ.umd.edu。行为与不平等研究所、MDRC、公共政策分析与管理协会 (APPAM) 2017 年年度研究会议、劳工经济学家协会 2018 年年会和大学理事会。所有剩余的错误都是我们自己的。本文中的实验均已在 AEA RCT Registry 注册。RCT ID 是 AEARCTR-0000972 和 AEARCTR-0000810。Oreopoulos – 多伦多大学和 NBER，philip.oreopoulos@utoronto.ca；帕特森 - 美国军事学院，richard.patterson@usma.edu；Petronijevic – 约克大学，upetroni@yorku.ca；教皇 - 马里兰大学，pope@econ.umd.edu。行为与不平等研究所、MDRC、公共政策分析与管理协会 (APPAM) 2017 年年度研究会议、劳工经济学家协会 2018 年年会和大学理事会。所有剩余的错误都是我们自己的。本文中的实验均已在 AEA RCT Registry 注册。RCT ID 是 AEARCTR-0000972 和 AEARCTR-0000810。Oreopoulos – 多伦多大学和 NBER，philip.oreopoulos@utoronto.ca；帕特森 - 美国军事学院，richard.patterson@usma.edu；Petronijevic – 约克大学，upetroni@yorku.ca；教皇 - 马里兰大学，pope@econ.umd.edu。和大学理事会。所有剩余的错误都是我们自己的。本文中的实验均已在 AEA RCT Registry 注册。RCT ID 是 AEARCTR-0000972 和 AEARCTR-0000810。Oreopoulos – 多伦多大学和 NBER，philip.oreopoulos@utoronto.ca；帕特森 - 美国军事学院，richard.patterson@usma.edu；Petronijevic – 约克大学，upetroni@yorku.ca；教皇 - 马里兰大学，pope@econ.umd.edu。和大学理事会。所有剩余的错误都是我们自己的。本文中的实验均已在 AEA RCT Registry 注册。RCT ID 是 AEARCTR-0000972 和 AEARCTR-0000810。Oreopoulos – 多伦多大学和 NBER，philip.oreopoulos@utoronto.ca；帕特森 - 美国军事学院，richard.patterson@usma.edu；Petronijevic – 约克大学，upetroni@yorku.ca；教皇 - 马里兰大学，pope@econ.umd.edu。