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Nguyen, Tuan D.; Kramer, Jenna W.; Evans, Brent J. – Stanford Center for Education Policy Analysis, 2018
It is well established that financial aid, in the form of grants, increases the probability of enrollment in postsecondary education. A slate of studies in recent years has extended this research to examine whether grant aid also has an impact on persistence and degree attainment. This paper presents a systematic review and meta-analysis of the…
Descriptors: Grants, Academic Persistence, Educational Attainment, Student Financial Aid
Bettinger, Eric; Gurantz, Oded; Kawano, Laura; Sacerdote, Bruce – Stanford Center for Education Policy Analysis, 2016
We examine the impacts of being awarded a Cal Grant, among the most generous state merit aid programs. We exploit variation in eligibility rules using GPA and family income cutoffs that are ex ante unknown to applicants. Cal Grant eligibility increases degree completion by 2 to 5 percentage points in our reduced form estimates. Cal Grant also…
Descriptors: Merit Scholarships, Grants, State Aid, Eligibility