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ERIC Number: EJ244245
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1981
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Student Financial Aid and Persistence in College.
Jensen, Eric L.
Journal of Higher Education, v52 n3 p280-93 May-Jun 1981
In general, students receiving financial aid in their freshman year show greater academic persistence than nonreceivers, but increasing amounts of aid per semester have nonsignificant negative impacts on the number of semesters attended in a four-year period. Persistence may be hampered by increasing loan burdens on students. (MSE)
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, College Freshmen, College Students, Comparative Analysis, Higher Education, School Holding Power, Student Financial Aid, Student Loan Programs, Withdrawal (Education)
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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