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ERIC Number: EJ1468601
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2024
Pages: 15
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ISSN: ISSN-0884-9153
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Available Date: 0000-00-00
Cost-Saving for Low-Income Students? Does Dual Enrollment Increase College Students' Scholarships and Grants?
Xiaodan Hu
Journal of Student Financial Aid, v53 n3 Article 6 2024
This study examines the relationship between earning dual credits and college students' scholarships and grants packages, and levels, focusing on low-income students. Using nationally representative data from the High School Longitudinal Study 2009, I used a quasi-experimental approach to reduce selection bias of DE credit-earning coupled with regression models. The findings indicate that first-year college students with earned DE credits are about 1.5 times more likely to receive scholarships and grants, especially for merit-based aid. On average, for the full sample, DE students receive $1,229 more in total scholarships and grants when compared with non-DE students, with $586 more in need-based grants and $502 in merit-based grants. However, for students with low-income backgrounds, having earned DE credits is only positively associated with an increased $1,107 in total scholarships and grants and an increased $658 in need-based grant when compared with non-DE low-income students.
Center for Economic Education at the University of Louisville. Porter Building, 1905 South 1st Street, Louisville, Ky, 40292. e-mail: jsfa@louisville.edu; Web site: https://ir.library.louisville.edu/jsfa/
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: High Schools; Secondary Education; Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: High School Longitudinal Study of 2009 (NCES)
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