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Monaghan, David B.; Sommers, Olivia K. – Research in Higher Education, 2022
Community colleges have been under pressure for years to improve retention rates. Considering well-publicized reductions in state funding during and after the Great Recession, progress in this area is unexpected. And yet this is precisely what we find. Using the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), we find an average increase in…
Descriptors: Educational Trends, Community Colleges, Two Year College Students, Academic Persistence
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Lewis, Gwendolyn L. – Research in Higher Education, 1989
The aggregate financing of student aid by the federal government, state governments, and institutions over the past 25 years is discussed. Trends in the composition of aid delivered (grants, loans, and work study) are described. Over time comparisons in the numbers of recipients and aid per recipient are given by programs. (Author/MLW)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Educational Finance, Federal Aid, Grants