Are Students Really Rational? The Development of Rational Thought and its Application to Student Choice

By Stephen L. Desjardins, Robert K. Toutkoushian. 2005

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STUDYING COLLEGE ACCESS AND CHOICE: A PROPOSED CONCEPTUAL MODEL (2006, background): “A rational human capital investment model assumes that, even when the expected benefits and costs are the same, two individuals may make different college choices because of differences in their preferences, tolerance for risk, and uncertainty (DesJardins and Toutkoushian, 2005).”
Reducing Income Inequality in Educational Attainment: Experimental Evidence on the Impact of Financial Aid on College Completion1 (2016, background): “…on an ongoing ba- 1765 Reducing Income Inequality in Education sis if their students are to gain academic momentum and persist until degree completion ðDesJardins and Toutkoushian 2005; Deil-Amen and DeLuca 2010; Attewell et al. 2012; Harris and Goldrick-Rab 2012Þ. Need-based financial grants are…”
Creating College Opportunity: School Counselors and Their Influence on Postsecondary Enrollment (2013, background): “Although human capital theory illuminates the influence of preferences on postsecondary enrollment and choice, it does not attempt to explain how individuals arrive at such preferences (DesJardins and Toutkoushian 2005; Perna 2006).”
Understanding High School Students’ Willingness to Borrow to Pay College Prices (2008, background): “Human capital theory does not assume that individuals have perfect and complete information, but that they make decisions based on available information about the benefits and costs (DesJardins & Toutkoushian, 2005).”
Financial Aid and Student Dropout in Higher Education: A Heterogeneous Research Approach (2008, background): “Rational individuals, as economists assume, weigh the expected costs and benefits when deciding to make an investment in human capital, such as higher education (DesJardins & Toutkoushian, 2005; Paulsen, 2001).”
Dimensions of the Transfer Choice Gap: Experiences of Latina and Latino Students Who Navigated Transfer Pathways (2009, background): “As DesJardins and Toutkoushian (2005) observe, “A further complication regarding student choice arises when uncertainty is introduced into the deci- D ow nloaded from http://m eridian.allenpress.com /her/article-pdf/79/4/632/2097499/haer_79_4_05w 66u23662k1444.pdf by C AL PO LY STATE U N IV user on…”