ERIC Number: EJ1477053
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2025-Sep
Pages: 38
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-0895-9048
EISSN: EISSN-1552-3896
Available Date: 0000-00-00
Need-Based Promise Programs, Performance Funding Bonuses, and the Enrollment of Low-Income Students
Educational Policy, v39 n6 p1171-1208 2025
Certain statewide promise programs require students to demonstrate financial need, while state performance funding policies sometimes incorporate a financial bonus that incentivizes colleges to enroll or graduate low-income students. We use data on public, 4-year colleges from 2007-2008 to 2019-2020, and incorporate difference-in-differences analyses and event studies. We find that colleges affected by promise programs in Louisiana, New York, and Washington observed no changes to the number and percent of first-time, full-time (FTFT) Pell grant recipients. Colleges in states subject to a performance funding bonus experienced no changes to the number and percent of FTFT Pell grants recipients, and colleges in Louisiana subject to both policies experienced no changes to either outcome.
Descriptors: Student Financial Aid, Need Analysis (Student Financial Aid), College Programs, Performance Based Assessment, Educational Finance, Enrollment, Low Income Students, College Students, Financial Needs, Federal Aid, Grants, Accountability, Access to Education
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Louisiana; New York; Washington
Identifiers - Laws, Policies, & Programs: Pell Grant Program
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Author Affiliations: 1Florida International University, Miami, USA