Transfer Students

An examination of the effect of financial aid on college and university enrollment during a period of steady-state and decline is presented with a focus on the student's decision to go or not to go to college, to matriculate at a private or public college, to attend an in-state or out-of-state school, to transfer from a community college to a four-year college, or to go to graduate or professional school. Student financial aid is analyzed in terms of its effect on admissions policies, attrition and retention rates, stop-out rates, transfer rates, and graduate rates. Retrospective analysis is used to determine the effects, and literature related to student financial aid and published between 1970 and 1981 is reviewed. National, statewide, institutional, and districtwide studies are included. Most studies using a national or statewise base find financial aid significantly affects enrollment in America