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Peer reviewedStampen, Jacob O.; Cabrera, Alberto F. – Economics of Education Review, 1988
Investigates three basic student financial aid issues in four-year colleges: the targeting of overall aid, aid packaging for different recipient groups, and financial aid's role in motivating persistence. Findings show that aid is distributed mainly to low-income students, compensates for low-income disadvantages, and encourages students'…
Descriptors: College Students, Higher Education, Longitudinal Studies, Low Income Groups
Peer reviewedCabrera, Alberto F.; And Others – Review of Higher Education, 1990
A study using a national sample of 1,375 college students attending public 4-year institutions tested hypotheses concerning economic and noneconomic variables on college persistence. Findings indicate financial variables moderate the effect of goal commitment on persistence. Implications for theory and for financial aid policy are explored.…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Financial Support, Goal Orientation, Higher Education
Peer reviewedPerry, Stephen R.; Cabrera, Alberto F.; Vogt, W. Paul – Journal of College Student Retention, 1999
A study examined the role of career maturity in the college persistence of 307 freshmen at a public, residential, four-year college. Results indicate that the My Vocational Situation instrument is reliable and valid, although theoretical formulations should be reexamined. Career maturity was positively associated with several variables important…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Career Development, College Freshmen, Goal Orientation
Download full textCabrera, Alberto F.; And Others – 1990
This study tested the convergent and discriminant validity between two theories of college persistence: the Student Attrition Model and the Student Integration Model. The study examined conceptual similarities for each theory to explain departure decisions and examined how both theoretical frameworks enhanced the understanding of the processes…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Decision Making, Discriminant Analysis, Higher Education
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
Cabrera, Alberto F.; And Others – 1990
The study empirically examines the effects of economic and non-economic variables on college persistence by presenting a causal model that relies on both economic theory and V. Tinto's Student Integration Model in order to enhance an understanding of the role of finances on the college persistence process. Analyses conducted upon a sample of 466…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Economic Factors, Educational Economics, Higher Education
Stampen, Jacob O.; Cabrera, Alberto F. – 1985
The equity and effectiveness of the student financial aid system are considered, as it applies to undergraduates attending public institutions. In addition to evaluating whether aid is targeted to students with the greatest financial needs, attention is directed to the relationship between the receipt of different types of financial aid and…
Descriptors: Dependents, Federal Aid, Financial Needs, Grants
