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Do no-loan policies change the matriculation patterns of low income students?
Waddell, Glen R.; Singell, Larry D. - 2009
We empirically examine whether there is discernable variation in the matriculation patterns of low-income students at public flagship institutions in the United States around changes in institutional financial-aid policies that target resident, low-income students with need-based aid. While...
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Hope for the Pell? The Impact of Merit-Aid on Needy Students
Singell, Larry D.; Waddell, Glen R.; Curs, Bradley R. - Department of Economics, University of Oregon - 2004
enrollment effects, whereas need-based aid programs such as the Pell Grant yield modest and often insignificant enrollment … effects. This paper uses unpublished panel data on the number and level of Pell awards at Southern universities along with … increases in merit aid improve college access of needy students and leverage Hope Scholarship funds with greater federal Pell …
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Do no-loan policies change the matriculation patterns of low income students?
Waddell, Glen R.; Singell, Larry D. - 2009
income ; financial aid ; no loan ; Pell …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003884094
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Do No-Loan Policies Change the Matriculation Patterns of Low-Income Students?
Waddell, Glen R. - 2009
We empirically examine whether there is discernable variation in the matriculation patterns of low-income students at public flagship institutions in the United States around changes in institutional financial-aid policies that target resident, low-income students with need-based aid. While...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013157026
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Chapter 23 Public Intervention in Post-Secondary Education
Kane, Thomas J. - In: Handbook of the economics of education : volume 2, (pp. 1369-1401). 2006
This chapter provides an overview of the nature of state and federal subsidies to higher education and the empirical evidence on the impacts on students' college enrollment decisions. The discussion includes a brief discussion of the incentives created by federal and state subsidies for...
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Multifaceted aid for low-income students and college outcomes : evidence from North Carolina
Clotfelter, Charles T.; Hemelt, Steven W.; Ladd, Helen F. - 2016
Launched in 2004, the Carolina Covenant combines grant-heavy financial aid with an array of non-financial supports for low-income students at an elite public university. We find that the program increased four-year graduation rates by about 8 percentage points for eligible students in the...
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Match or mismatch? : automatic admissions and college preferences of low- and high-income students
Lincove, Jane Arnold; Cortes, Kalena E. - 2016
We examine the role of information in the college matching behavior of low- and high-income students, exploiting a state automatic admissions policy that provides some students with perfect a priori certainty of college admissions. We find that admissions certainty encourages college-ready...
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Can Admissions Percent Plans Lead to Better Collegiate Fit for Minority Students?
Cortes, Kalena E. - 2016
Why do so many students mismatch when choosing a college? A plausible hypothesis is a lack of information about the likelihood of admission. This study contributes to the literature on mismatch by testing whether public university automatic admissions policies mitigate academic undermatch and...
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Multifaceted Aid for Low-Income Students and College Outcomes : Evidence from North Carolina
Clotfelter, Charles T. - 2017
We study the evolution of a campus-based aid program for low-income students that began with grant-heavy financial aid and later added a suite of non-financial supports. We find little to no evidence that program eligibility during the early years (2004–2006), in which students received...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012969441
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Match or Mismatch? Automatic Admissions and College Preferences of Low- and High-Income Students
Arnold Lincove, Jane - 2016
We examine the role of information in the college matching behavior of low- and high-income students, exploiting a state automatic admissions policy that provides some students with perfect a priori certainty of college admissions. We find that admissions certainty encourages college-ready...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012984837