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Time May Change Me: Examining How Aspirations for College Evolve during High School
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DesJardins, Stephen L.; Toutkoushian, Robert K.; Hossler, Donald; Chen, Jin – Review of Higher Education, 2019
There is a little information about whether and if so how student aspirations for college change over time. We introduce a conceptual model to explain how student aspirations may change over time, utilize panel methods to examine the extent to which this happens during high school, and investigate which factors are associated with such changes. We…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, High School Students, Grade 9, Grade 11
Institutional Merit-Based Aid and Student Departure: A Longitudinal Analysis
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Gross, Jacob P. K.; Hossler, Don; Ziskin, Mary; Berry, Matthew S. – Review of Higher Education, 2015
The use of merit criteria in awarding institutional aid has grown considerably and, some argue, is supplanting need as the central factor in awarding aid. Concurrently, the accountability movement in higher education has placed greater emphasis on retention and graduation as indicators of institutional success and quality. In this context, this…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Student Financial Aid, Accountability, Academic Achievement
The Effect of Participating in Indiana's Twenty-First Century Scholars Program on College Enrollments
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Toutkoushian, Robert K.; Hossler, Don; DesJardins, Stephen L.; McCall, Brian; Gonzalez Canche, Manuel S. – Review of Higher Education, 2015
Our study adds to prior work on Indiana's Twenty-first Century Scholars(TFCS) program by focusing on whether participating in--rather than completing--the program affects the likelihood of students going to college and where they initially enrolled. We first employ binary and multinomial logistic regression to obtain estimates of the impact of the…
Descriptors: Student Participation, College Bound Students, Enrollment Influences, Regression (Statistics)
Gubernatorial Authority and Influence on Public Higher Education
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Christakis, Michael N. – Review of Higher Education, 2009
State governors have the potential to impact their states' public higher education systems in a variety of very significant ways. The findings for the 33 governors included in this study suggest a great deal of variation in the extent of their authority and influence. Governors' composite ratings of formal authority and informal influence are…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Public Education, State Officials, Influences
Keeping the Promise: The Impact of Indiana's Twenty-First Century Scholars Program.
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St. John, Edward P.; Musoba, Glenda D.; Simmons, Ada B. – Review of Higher Education, 2003
This study assesses the impact of Indiana's Twenty-first Century Scholars Program, a supplemental grant program that provides aid to low-income students who kept an eighth grade "promise" to prepare for college and to remain drug free. Analyses reveal that the grants helped equalize opportunity to persist in Indiana's public colleges.…
Descriptors: College Attendance, Grants, Higher Education, Low Income Groups
Being Undecided about Postsecondary Education.
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Hossler, Don; Maple, Sue – Review of Higher Education, 1993
A longitudinal study compared Indiana ninth graders (n=178) with and without postsecondary education plans. Results indicate decided and undecided students can be differentiated by the amount of time spent thinking about postsecondary options, amount of information received regarding those options, academic achievement, and student and parent…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Choice, Decision Making, Educational Objectives