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Direct linkCarlson, Deven E.; Schmidt, Alex; Souders, Sarah; Wolfe, Barbara L. – National Bureau of Economic Research, 2020
In this paper, we leverage the random assignment of a need-based financial aid grant offer--the Fund for Wisconsin Scholars (FFWS) grant--and several sets of administrative records to provide experimental evidence on the effects of the grant offer on students' in-state employment and earnings. For students in four-year universities, our results…
Descriptors: Student Financial Aid, Grants, College Students, Income
Castleman, Benjamin L.; Long, Bridget Terry – National Bureau of Economic Research, 2013
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…
Descriptors: Student Financial Aid, Tuition Grants, State Aid, Access to Education
Download full textPatel, Reshma; Rudd, Timothy – MDRC, 2012
The passage of the Higher Education Act of 1965, which extended need-based financial assistance to the general population for the first time, has improved college access for American students, but more work remains to be done to improve college success. According to government statistics, in 2006, about one in six students had earned a degree or…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Policy, Developmental Studies Programs, Program Effectiveness
