Altering Expectations: Effects of Backloading Merit Scholarship Payments on Postsecondary Enrollment Choices

Autor/inn/en	Kopotic, Katherine; Mills, Jonathan N.; Rhinesmith, Evan
Titel	Altering Expectations: Effects of Backloading Merit Scholarship Payments on Postsecondary Enrollment Choices
Quelle	In: Higher Education Politics & Economics, 7 (2021) 1, S.72-98 (27 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2577-7270
Schlagwörter	Merit Scholarships; Student Financial Aid; Undergraduate Students; Enrollment; State Aid; Educational Change; Eligibility; Program Effectiveness; Expenditures; Arkansas + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Leistungsvergütung; Finanzielle Beihilfe; Studienfinanzierung; Studienförderung; Einschulung; Bildungsreform; Eignung; Ausgaben
Abstract	While the popularity of state-financed merit-based scholarships has increased since the 1980s, policymakers struggle to maintain these programs because of growing costs. Some have tried to manage this tradeoff through eligibility changes or award amounts; however, little empirical research exists on the effectiveness of these changes. We add to the financial aid literature by determining if college enrollment responded to a 2013 restructuring of Arkansas's Academic Challenge Scholarship from equal annual awards to a backloaded system with progressively higher payouts to students who persisted. We identify no statistically significant impacts associated with the 2013 change; however, point estimates are generally negative. We believe this is the first study to examine if moving to a backloaded payout structure affects college enrollment. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01