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Direct linkGross, Jacob P. K.; Hossler, Don; Ziskin, Mary – Journal of Student Financial Aid, 2007
This study examines the effects of institutional financial aid on year-to-year persistence for a cohort of first-time, first-year students at three large, doctorate-granting public universities. Though billions of dollars are spent each year on institutional aid, much of the research to date on student persistence does not consider its effects on…
Descriptors: Universities, Student College Relationship, Student Financial Aid, Academic Persistence
Craft, Larry N.; Howard, Mark D. – Journal of Student Financial Aid, 1979
A sample of nonpersisting students is compared with persisting counterparts at Pepperdine University in terms of receipt of financial aid, grades awarded, etc. The findings suggest that financial aid is awarded to students with a higher probability of persisting to the end of the term. (LBH)
Descriptors: College Students, Comparative Analysis, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Research
PDF pending restorationStampen, Jacob O.; Cabrera, Alberto F. – Journal of Student Financial Aid, 1986
A study is discussed that examined the role of student aid, gender, ethnic status, academic performance in high school, and age on attrition rates, showing how each of these variables affects attrition rates during each of the 3 successive years of undergraduate education. (MLW)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Age Differences, College Students
PDF pending restorationPerna, Laura Walter – Journal of Student Financial Aid, 1998
Examines the total direct and indirect effects of receiving financial aid on persistence to degree using a subsample of 1989 freshmen from the Beginning Postsecondary Student Survey. Analysis shows that although simply receiving financial aid is unrelated to persistence, the effects of financial aid on persistence appear to depend on type and…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Dropout Research, Federal Programs, Financial Aid Applicants
PDF pending restorationDeAngelis, Susan – Journal of Student Financial Aid, 1998
A study of graduate and professional student within-year persistence, based on the 1993 National Postsecondary Student Aid Study, compared three models of the impact of financial aid on persistence. It was found that financial aid significantly and positively influenced within-year persistence, with comprehensive aid packages having the greatest…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Dropout Research, Federal Programs, Financial Aid Applicants
PDF pending restorationHochstein, Susan K.; Butler, Robert R. – Journal of Student Financial Aid, 1983
A survey of a sample of aid recipients at the University of Nebraska at Omaha showed that over 50 percent of those receiving only loans do not finish the semester. Grants in combination with loans had a slightly positive effect on persistence. (MSE)
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Research, Financial Aid Applicants
PDF pending restorationTerkla, Dawn Geronimo – Journal of Student Financial Aid, 1985
A path analysis of the relationship of student background, precollege academic factors, occupational and educational aspirations, institutional characteristics, college performance, and financial assistance to student persistence found that students receiving aid were more likely than others to complete their degrees, and that aid has the third…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aptitude, Academic Aspiration, Academic Persistence
