The Financial Nexus Between College Choice and Persistence.

Paulsen, Michael B.; St. John, Edward P.

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ERIC Number: EJ557113

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1997

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The Financial Nexus Between College Choice and Persistence.

Paulsen, Michael B.; St. John, Edward P.

New Directions for Institutional Research, v24 n3 p65-82 Fall 1997

Previously performed analyses of the relationship between college choice and persistence in both public and private colleges and universities illustrate the direct and indirect effects of financial factors that influence college choice and subsequent persistence decisions, and the direct effects of the actual dollar amounts of costs and financial aid on persistence. (MSE)

Descriptors: Academic Persistence, College Choice, College Planning, Decision Making, Higher Education, Institutional Research, Private Colleges, Public Colleges, Research Needs, Student Costs, Student Financial Aid

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative

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Audience: Administrators; Practitioners

Language: English

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Note: Theme issue: "Researching Student Aid: Creating an Action Agenda." Number 95.