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ERIC Number: EJ1212807
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2019
Pages: 28
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ISSN: ISSN-0162-5748
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The Impact of a Promise: A Loan Replacement Grant, Low-Income Students, and College Graduation
Gershenfeld, Susan; Zhan, Min; Hood, Denice Ward
Review of Higher Education, v42 n3 p1073-1100 Spr 2019
This study examines the impact of Illinois Promise, a loan replacement grant for low-income students, on college graduation within five years. A quasi-experimental design using propensity score matching is employed for first-time, full-time students enrolled as freshman from fall, 2007 through fall, 2009. Eligibility criteria are used to construct the comparison group of one-to-one matches for a total of 414 students. Results show the odds ratio of graduating within five years is 2.4 times more likely for I-Promise students in relation to the low-income comparison group. Policy and practice implications are discussed.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Illinois (Champaign); Illinois (Urbana)
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