Summer Melt and Free Application for Federal Student Aid Verification

Autor/inn/en	Holzman, Brian; Hanson, Vansa Shewakramani
Institution	Rice University, Houston Education Research Consortium (HERC)
Titel	Summer Melt and Free Application for Federal Student Aid Verification
Quelle	(2020), (8 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Federal Aid; Student Financial Aid; College Attendance; Intention; High School Graduates; Enrollment; Eligibility; Audits (Verification); Student Characteristics; Racial Differences; Ethnicity; Scores; College Entrance Examinations; Predictor Variables; Educational Attainment; Financial Aid Applicants; Texas (Houston); SAT (College Admission Test) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Finanzielle Beihilfe; Studienfinanzierung; Studienförderung; College; Colleges; Attendance; Hochschule; Fachhochschule; Anwesenheit; High school; High schools; Graduate; Graduates; Oberschule; Absolvent; Absolventin; Einschulung; Eignung; Rassenunterschied; Ethnizität; Aufnahmeprüfung; Prädiktor; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Antragsteller
Abstract	Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) verification and its role in summer melt is examined in this brief. "Summer melt" is when high school seniors who appear ready to go to college the fall following graduation do not enroll. The study revealed one-third of Houston Independent School District (HISD) college-intending students were flagged for FAFSA verification, and racial and ethnic minorities were especially at risk of verification. The study also found one-in-four college-intending students experienced summer melt and did not attend college by November 1st of the fall semester after completing high school. In line with prior research, FAFSA verification increased the likelihood of summer melt by six percentage points. The brief also showed 26 percent of students who experienced summer melt enrolled in college during a later term but still within two years of high school graduation. Students flagged for FAFSA verification were five percentage points more likely to delay their college enrollment than students who were not flagged for verification. Overall, results suggested reducing FAFSA verification and/or providing support to students and families managing the process might be a way to improve college enrollment rates and reduce summer melt. Moreover, some students who experienced summer melt did attend college; they just did so at a later date. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01