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Elliott, W., & Beverly, S. (2011). The Role of Savings and Wealth in Reducing “Wilt” between Expectations and College Attendance. Journal of Children and Poverty, 17, 165-185.

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• TITLE: Children’s Savings Account Programs Enable Parents to Plan and Talk about College with Children and others

  AUTHORS: William Elliott, Briana Starks, Kristen Seefeldt, James Ellis

  KEYWORDS: Children’s Savings Accounts (CSAs), College, College-Saver Identity, Educational Expectations, Identity-Based Motivation, Saving

  JOURNAL NAME: Sociology Mind, Vol.8 No.4, October 30, 2018

  ABSTRACT: The researchers adopted a positivist approach to qualitative research, hypothesizing that the interviews would reveal positive parental expectations and development of college-saver identity among Harold Alfond College Challenge (HACC) participants. HACC is an opt-out children’s savings account asset intervention that begins at birth for children born in Maine. For this study, data were obtained through structured interviews of 22 families. Most parents in HACC describe having positive educational expectations and having developed a college-saver identity. More research is needed.