ERIC Number: EJ1468601
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2024
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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.
Descriptors: Student Financial Aid, Dual Enrollment, Longitudinal Studies, College Credits, High School Students, Scholarships, Grants, Comparative Analysis, Low Income Students, Correlation, Costs, Student Characteristics, College 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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