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González Canché, Manuel S. – Educational Policy, 2023
Becoming HOPEless in the 2-year sector addresses the question: "what happens when a state-wide policy removes merit-based financial aid from low-income students making satisfactory academic progress?" To assess the magnitude of this HOPEless effect, we compared credits attempted, attained, and persistence and graduation indicators of…
Descriptors: Two Year Colleges, Two Year College Students, Low Income Students, State Policy
Wells, Ryan S.; Lynch, Cassie M. – Educational Policy, 2014
President Obama has proposed a financial aid policy whereby students who complete 100 hours of community service would receive a tax credit of US$4,000 for college. After lawmakers cut this proposal from previous legislation, the administration was tasked with studying the feasibility of implementation. However, the implications of the policy for…
Descriptors: Student Financial Aid, Service Learning, Tax Credits, Higher Education
Ness, Erik C.; Mistretta, Molly A. – Educational Policy, 2010
Since the adoption of Georgia's HOPE (Helping Outstanding Pupils Educationally) scholarship program, seven additional Southeastern states have adopted similar merit-based financial aid programs, most of which are also funded by state lotteries. This study examines why North Carolina after adopting a state lottery in 2005 did not allocate its…
Descriptors: Merit Scholarships, Student Financial Aid, Politics of Education, Public Policy
Cohen-Vogel, Lora; Ingle, William Kyle; Levine, Amy Albee; Spence, Matthew – Educational Policy, 2008
Many political scientists maintain that public policies diffuse across states and that proximate states, in particular, influence one another's policy activities. Using state-funded merit aid for college as its case, this article takes a new approach to the study of the diffusion phenomenon, leaving behind conventional techniques used by…
Descriptors: Political Science, Educational Innovation, Student Financial Aid, Scientists
Henry, Gary T.; Rubenstein, Ross; Bugler, Daniel T. – Educational Policy, 2004
In 1993, the creation of Georgia's HOPE Scholarship Program accelerated interest in understanding the effects of merit-based student financial aid. This article compares a sample of "borderline" HOPE recipients (students just above the eligibility threshold) with similar nonrecipients to examine differences on four college performance outcomes.…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Higher Education, Merit Scholarships, Grade Point Average