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PDF pending restorationSt. John, Edward P. – Journal of Student Financial Aid, 1989
The evolving influence of student financial aid on year-to-year persistence for three student cohorts, the high school classes of 1972, 1980, and 1982 are examined. A comparative analysis of the National Longitudinal Study and High School and Beyond Survey is presented. (Author/MLW)
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Comparative Analysis, Grants, Higher Education
Download full textEkstrom, Ruth; And Others – 1991
This study explored the relationship between undergraduate educational loan indebtedness and graduate school aspirations, application, enrollment, and persistence, using data from the National Longitudinal Study of 1972 and from the 1980 and 1982 cohorts of the High School and Beyond study. The analysis was limited to full-time students who did…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Academic Persistence, College Graduates, College Students
Wagenaar, Theodore C. – 1987
Information on college applications, acceptances, financial aid, and attendance is presented based on base-year and first follow-up data for the National Longitudinal Study and the High School and Beyond Study of the Federal Center for Education Statistics. The focus is on changes that occurred between 1972 and 1980 in the two senior cohorts. Many…
Descriptors: College Applicants, College Attendance, College Choice, Financial Aid Applicants
Peer reviewedLeslie, Larry L. – Journal of Higher Education, 1984
The NLS 72 and CIRP files were used to construct profiles of student financing for 1973-74 through 1979-80. Students finance smaller amounts than institutions list. Student self-support is declining while family and scholarship/grant support is rising. The middle-income squeeze and the importance of student aid to private institutions are evident.…
Descriptors: Access to Education, College Students, Federal Aid, Financial Support
Peer reviewedSanford, Timothy R. – Research in Higher Education, 1980
The relationship between aid received and activities pursued after college (attending graduate school, career choice, forming a family, and forming personal values) was examined. Results imply that the self-help forms of aid (loans and work) are not detrimental to the future plans of recipients. (Author/LB)
Descriptors: Career Choice, College Graduates, College Students, Followup Studies
Sanford, Timothy R. – Journal of Student Financial Aid, 1979
Explores impact of student financial aid (loans or work programs) on the lives of students after they graduate from college. Apparently, self-help forms of student aid are not detrimental to the behaviors of college graduates regarding further study, career choices, and decisions to form families. (JMD)
Descriptors: Access to Education, Career Choice, College Graduates, Decision Making
Sanford, Timothy R. – 1979
This study is based on the assertion that it is not enough for student aid programs to facilitate attendance at, and even graduation from, a postsecondary institution because the very means used may have a negative impact on students who benefitted from such aid. While student aid may equalize college attendance across students, it may not promote…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Career Choice, College Choice, College Graduates
