Looking beyond Enrollment: The Causal Effect of Need-Based Grants on College Access, Persistence, and Graduation. An NCPR Working Paper

Autor/inn/en	Castleman, Benjamin L.; Long, Bridget Terry
Titel	Looking beyond Enrollment: The Causal Effect of Need-Based Grants on College Access, Persistence, and Graduation. An NCPR Working Paper
Quelle	(2013), (56 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
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Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	College Students; Academic Achievement; Achievement Gap; Student Financial Aid; Grants; Regression (Statistics); Eligibility; College Attendance; Academic Persistence; College Credits; Bachelors Degrees; Robustness (Statistics); Program Effectiveness; Enrollment; Predictor Variables; Access to Education; Florida + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Collegestudent; Schulleistung; Finanzielle Beihilfe; Studienfinanzierung; Studienförderung; Grant; Regression; Regressionsanalyse; Eignung; College; Colleges; Attendance; Hochschule; Fachhochschule; Anwesenheit; Achievement; Performance; Anrechnung; Leistung; 'Bachelor''s degrees'; Bachelor-Studiengang; Widerstandsfähigkeit; Einschulung; Prädiktor; Education; Access; Bildung; Zugang; Bildungszugang
Abstract	Gaps in average college success among students of differing backgrounds have persisted in the United States for decades. One of the primary ways governments have attempted to ameliorate such gaps is by providing need-based grants, but little evidence exists on the impacts of such aid on longer term outcomes such as college persistence and degree completion. We examine the effects of the Florida Student Access Grant (FSAG) using a regression-discontinuity strategy and exploiting the cutoff used to determine eligibility. Grant eligibility had a positive effect on college attendance at public four-year institutions. Eligibility for the FSAG also increased early persistence and the cumulative number of college-level credits students earned in their first four years. Most importantly, FSAG receipt increased the likelihood of bachelor's degree receipt within six years at a public college or university by 4.6 percentage points--a 22 percent increase among students near the eligibility cutoff. The results are robust to sensitivity analyses. An appendix contains 1 figure and 3 tables. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10