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Autor/in | Bettinger, Eric |
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Titel | Need-Based Aid and College Persistence: The Effects of the Ohio College Opportunity Grant |
Quelle | In: Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 37 (2015) 1, S.102 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift
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Sprache | englisch |
Dokumenttyp | gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz |
ISSN | 0162-3737 |
DOI | 10.3102/0162373715576072 |
Schlagwörter | Student Financial Aid; Grants; Academic Persistence; College Students; Dropout Rate; Grade Point Average; Cost Effectiveness; Program Effectiveness; Access to Education; State Programs; Computation; Statistical Analysis; Robustness (Statistics); Ohio |
Abstract | This article exploits a natural experiment to estimate the effects of need-based aid policies on first-year college persistence rates. In fall 2006, Ohio abruptly adopted a new state financial aid policy that was significantly more generous than the previous plan. Using student-level data and very narrowly defined sets of students, I estimate a difference-in-differences model to identify the program effects. Students who benefited from the program received awards about US$800 higher than they would have received under the prior program. These students' drop-out rates fell by 2% as a result of the program. The new program also increased the likelihood that students attend 4-year campuses and increased their first-year grade point averages. The program may not have been cost-effective given the combination of its generosity and inability to target the marginal students who would be most sensitive to financial aid. (As Provided). |
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Erfasst von | ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC |
Update | 2020/1/01 |