Programs linking college aid to academic achievement could work either by lowering the cost of college or by inducing additional student effort. This article examines the PROMISE program in West Virginia, which offers free tuition to students who maintain a minimum GPA and course load. Using administrative data, Scott-Clayton exploits discontinuities in the eligibility formula and the timing of implementation to estimate causal effects, finding robust and significant impacts on key academic outcomes. Impacts are concentrated around the annual requirements for scholarship renewal, suggesting that the program works via incentives for academic achievement, not simply by relaxing financial constraints
This dissertation consists of three chapters that examine the impact of financial aid programs on st...
The “greedy colleges” thesis conflicts with how nonprofit universities decide on admissions and pric...
Billions of pounds per year is spent on aid for poor students in HE systems around the world, yet th...
Programs linking substantial amounts of college aid to academic achievement could work either by low...
The majority of states in the U.S. now fund merit-based financial aid programs, the effects of which...
Although college enrollment rates have increased substantially over the last several decades, socioe...
Since the passage of the Higher Education Act of 1965, great progress has been made in increasing co...
Many North American college students have trouble satisfying degree requirements in a timely manner...
Higher education has experienced many changes since the 1970s, including an increase in the price of...
Thesis: Ph. D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Economics, 2016.Cataloged from ...
This dissertation includes three chapters focusing on policies directly related to improving college...
Socioeconomic gaps in college enrollment and attainment have widened over time, despite increasing r...
This dissertation examines low-income college attendance and financial aid. The first chapter is an ...
For more than 30 years, the federal government has focused on increasing the postsecondary education...
I analyze the effects of a program that pays both 11th and 12th grade students and teachers for pass...
This dissertation consists of three chapters that examine the impact of financial aid programs on st...
The “greedy colleges” thesis conflicts with how nonprofit universities decide on admissions and pric...
Billions of pounds per year is spent on aid for poor students in HE systems around the world, yet th...
Programs linking substantial amounts of college aid to academic achievement could work either by low...
The majority of states in the U.S. now fund merit-based financial aid programs, the effects of which...
Although college enrollment rates have increased substantially over the last several decades, socioe...
Since the passage of the Higher Education Act of 1965, great progress has been made in increasing co...
Many North American college students have trouble satisfying degree requirements in a timely manner...
Higher education has experienced many changes since the 1970s, including an increase in the price of...
Thesis: Ph. D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Economics, 2016.Cataloged from ...
This dissertation includes three chapters focusing on policies directly related to improving college...
Socioeconomic gaps in college enrollment and attainment have widened over time, despite increasing r...
This dissertation examines low-income college attendance and financial aid. The first chapter is an ...
For more than 30 years, the federal government has focused on increasing the postsecondary education...
I analyze the effects of a program that pays both 11th and 12th grade students and teachers for pass...
This dissertation consists of three chapters that examine the impact of financial aid programs on st...
The “greedy colleges” thesis conflicts with how nonprofit universities decide on admissions and pric...
Billions of pounds per year is spent on aid for poor students in HE systems around the world, yet th...