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Scott-Clayton, Judith – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 2011
Since 1964, the Federal Work-Study (FWS) program has provided funds to subsidize the wages of student employees, but it has never been studied directly. I use an instrumental variables difference-in-difference framework with administrative data from West Virginia to identify causal effects, comparing eligible and ineligible students across…
Descriptors: Evidence, Academic Achievement, Quasiexperimental Design, Federal Programs
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Wilms, Wellford W.; And Others – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 1987
Defaults on guaranteed student loans were examined in a sample of 4,617 students in proprietary vocational schools and community colleges in California. Default rates stemmed largely from students' background characteristics, rather than from characteristics or practices of the institutions they attend. (SLD)
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, College Students, Community Colleges, Federal Programs