ERIC Number: ED616426
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2021-Dec
Pages: 84
Abstractor: ERIC
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Student Financial Wellness Survey: Fall 2020 Semester Results. National Aggregate Report
Webster, Jeff; Fletcher, Carla; Cornett, Allyson; Knaff, Cassandra
Trellis Company
As the COVID-19 pandemic is proving, maintaining student financial wellness is key to keeping students enrolled. The Student Financial Wellness Survey (SFWS) was open from October 2020 to November 2020. The COVID-19 pandemic and the associated economic crisis were prominent concerns for students as they navigated a mostly remote learning experience for a fall semester unlike any before. Respondents seemed eager to share their experiences, resulting in the highest response rate for the SFWS to date--9.7 percent. Trellis collected information about the entire population surveyed--i.e., gender, age, enrollment intensity--and used it to weigh the results, reflecting the total populations of the participating institutions. There may be lingering response biases based on characteristics uncaptured in the study, some of which may be meaningful when interpreting the results. Sixty-two institutions participated in the survey--46 two-year institutions, 12 public four-years, and 4 private four-years. While the SFWS is not nationally representative, the participating institutions represent a wide range of institutions from 13 different states. In partnership with participating institutions, web-based survey invitations were sent to 394,240 undergraduate students, of whom 37,936 responded. A detailed description of survey characteristics, comparison groups, tests for representativeness, methodology, and other research notes can be found in the appendices. [For the 2019 report, see ED610029.]
Descriptors: Student Surveys, Wellness, Money Management, Undergraduate Students, COVID-19, Pandemics, Online Surveys, Paying for College, Debt (Financial), Credit (Finance), Financial Support, Decision Making, Financial Needs, Student Loan Programs, Student Financial Aid, Student Costs, Loan Repayment, State Universities, Private Colleges, Two Year Colleges, Housing, Hunger, Homeless People
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Publication Type: Reports - Evaluative; Numerical/Quantitative Data
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education; Two Year Colleges
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: Trellis Company
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