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Direct linkAmpaw, Frim D.; Jaeger, Audrey J. – Research in Higher Education, 2012
Doctoral programs have high dropout rates of 43% representing the highest among all post-baccalaureate programs. Cross sectional studies of doctoral students' retention have showed the importance of financial aid in predicting degree completion. These studies however, do not estimate the labor market's effect on doctoral student retention and…
Descriptors: Dropout Rate, Doctoral Programs, Labor Market, Predictor Variables
Rubin, Rachel B. – Research in Higher Education, 2011
In this study, I capitalize on a natural experiment to examine the effect of federal Pell Grant eligibility on college enrollment for students who graduated from high school in spring 2004 and who completed the "Free Application for Federal Student Aid" (FAFSA). Data from the "Education Longitudinal Study of 2002" are used to…
Descriptors: Eligibility, Student Financial Aid, Enrollment, Grants
Kim, Jiyun; DesJardins, Stephen L.; McCall, Brian P. – Research in Higher Education, 2009
This study investigates how the expectations of different types of financial aid affect the student college choice process from application through enrollment. We find that students from different race and income groups respond differentially to aid packages in their application and enrollment decisions depending on their levels of aid…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Income, College Choice, Minority Groups
Alon, Sigal – Research in Higher Education, 2005
The focus of the paper is the development of a novel conceptual framework that aims to remedy a critical mis-specification in prior research on the impact of financial aid on academic outcomes: the blending of the effect of aid eligibility with the influence of aid amounts on academic outcomes. To assess the impact of aid amounts received on…
Descriptors: Student Financial Aid, Outcomes of Education, Graduation, Predictor Variables
Peer reviewedSt. John, Edward P.; And Others – Research in Higher Education, 1994
A study compared approaches to assessing the influence of student financial aid on within-year persistence of traditional college students. Results indicated that models including tuition were better predictors of persistence, that use of multiple approaches provided more insight into policy's role, and that tuition charges had a consistent…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, College Students, Enrollment Influences, Higher Education
Peer reviewedJensen, Eric L. – Research in Higher Education, 1984
The relationship of student aid with degree attainment are examined using a sample of aid recipients, nonrecipients who applied for aid but were not eligible, and a representative group of controls selected from the 1970-71 entering freshman class at Washington State University. (Author/MLW)
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Bachelors Degrees, College Graduates, Degrees (Academic)
Peer reviewedMoline, Arlett E. – Research in Higher Education, 1987
Path analysis was used to explore the relationships among a number of variables related to student persistence. The subjects were freshmen in the College of Liberal Arts, University of Minnesota. Variables that showed the largest total effects on persistence were college grade-point average and high school rank. (Author/MLW)
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Class Rank, College Students, Data Analysis
Peer reviewedCarter, Deborah Faye – Research in Higher Education, 1999
A study examined the effects of individual characteristics, institutional characteristics and experiences, and financial aid on African-American and White students' degree aspirations. Students' aspirations were mostly the result of socioeconomic factors, initial degree aspirations, and institutional characteristics. Financial aid was not a…
Descriptors: Black Students, College Choice, College Environment, Comparative Analysis
