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ERIC Number: EJ618564
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2000
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-1066-8926
Within-Year Persistence of Students at Two-Year Colleges.
Cofer, James; Somers, Patricia
Community College Journal of Research and Practice, v24 n10 p785-807 Dec 2000
Describes the outcome of a National Postsecondary Student Aid Survey (NPSAS), which found that two-year students were 0.18% less likely to persist for each $100 increase in tuition, more likely to persist if they received subsidies, and 15.96% more likely to persist for every $1,000 in student loan debt outstanding. (Contains 68 references.) (PGS)
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Community Colleges, Debt (Financial), Dropout Research, Student Financial Aid, Tuition, Two Year Colleges, Withdrawal (Education)
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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Identifiers: National Postsecondary Student Aid Study