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Roy Y. Chan – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2022
Credit hour policies, or performance-based financial aid policies, have become increasingly popular among policymakers seeking to improve degree completion rates. In the Unites States, the college completion agenda has been bolstered by national calls from intermediary organizations and philanthropic foundations alike to raise the overall rate and…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, College Credits, Minority Group Students, Full Time Students
Nichols, Andrew Howard – Education Trust, 2015
The analysis in this report examines the national gap and institutional-level gaps in graduation rates between Pell and non-Pell Grant recipients at nearly 1,150 four-year, public and private nonprofit institutions across the nation. The data show the national graduation rate for Pell Grant recipients attending institutions in the sample is…
Descriptors: Federal Aid, Grants, Graduation Rate, College Students
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Wei, Christina Chang; Horn, Laura – National Center for Education Statistics, 2009
In 2006-07, the federal government awarded over $13 billion in Pell Grants to more than 5 million undergraduate students (U.S. Department of Education 2007). The goal of the Pell Grant program is to help students with financial need enroll in and graduate from college by providing them with a basic foundation of financial aid, to which they may…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Financial Needs, College Graduates, Statistical Analysis