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Doyle, William R.; Pingel, Sarah – Education Commission of the States, 2016
In this brief, the authors review some of the main goals of state student financial aid programs and provide a few examples of how these programs are organized. They also describe how state programs vary in terms of who benefits. They then discuss various possible designs for joint federal-state policymaking in this area and study their impact.…
Descriptors: Student Financial Aid, State Aid, Federal Aid, State Federal Aid
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Doyle, William R. – Research in Higher Education, 2010
Changes in the distribution of student financial aid have taken place at the state and federal level. In addition, several authors have reported on shifts in the awarding of financial aid to students at the institutional level. The analysis described in this study examines shifts in institutional responsiveness to both student need and student…
Descriptors: Student Needs, Student Financial Aid, Merit Scholarships, Scores
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Doyle, William R. – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 2006
As of 2005, 15 states had adopted a broad-based merit aid program, providing a combined $1.2 billion for college students on the basis of academic qualifications. This represents a shift away from a long tradition of need-based aid at the state and federal levels. This article utilizes a Cox proportional hazards model to analyze states'…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Qualifications, Probability, Grants