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Direct linkJunpeng Yan – ProQuest LLC, 2020
This dissertation investigates several topics in state merit-based financial aid research. The main research content includes three separate studies, primarily using the administrative datasets from the Missouri Department of Higher Education. The first study is an empirical paper that examines the effects of the Missouri Bright Flight Scholarship…
Descriptors: Merit Scholarships, STEM Education, Engineering, Majors (Students)
Buckley, Jack, Ed.; Letukas, Lynn, Ed.; Wildavsky, Ben, Ed. – Johns Hopkins University Press, 2018
For more than seventy-five years, standardized tests have been considered a vital tool for gauging students' readiness for college. However, few people--including students, parents, teachers, and policy makers--understand how tests like the SAT or ACT are used in admissions decisions. Once touted as the best way to compare students from diverse…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation, Standardized Tests, College Entrance Examinations, Admission Criteria
Peer reviewedLeeds, Daniel M.; DesJardins, Stephen L. – Research in Higher Education, 2015
The cost of attending college has risen steadily over the past 30 years, making financial aid an important determinant of college choice for many students and a subject of concern for colleges and state governments. In this paper, we estimate the effect of rule-based merit aid assignment on students' enrollment decisions at the University of Iowa.…
Descriptors: Awards, Enrollment Influences, Merit Scholarships, Regression (Statistics)
Download full textCartledge, Barbara H.; Baldwin, Mary Sue; Persall, J. Maurice; Woolley, Tom W. – Journal of Academic Administration in Higher Education, 2015
The purpose of this study was to determine the predictors of African-American enrollment at a private college. After a thorough literature review of college choice models, a set of quantitatively measured determinants were gleaned and identified for the statistical research and treatment. The set of predictors included high school grade point…
Descriptors: School Choice, African American Students, College Students, Private Colleges
Woo, Jennie H.; Choy, Susan P. – National Center for Education Statistics, 2011
This Statistics in Brief first examines merit aid and other non-need-based aid from all sources and then focuses on two sources of merit aid widely cited in empirical and policy-oriented literature--postsecondary institutions and states--examining how much merit aid students received and the characteristics of students who received it. It tracks…
Descriptors: Merit Scholarships, Student Financial Aid, Grants, Undergraduate Students
Franke, Ray – ProQuest LLC, 2012
To compete in the global marketplace, the U.S. economy heavily relies on higher education institutions to educate the college graduates and knowledge workers needed to create the innovative products and services of tomorrow. And yet, where once America led the world in educational attainment, recent data from the Organization for Economic…
Descriptors: Student Financial Aid, Educational Attainment, Need Analysis (Student Financial Aid), Merit Scholarships
Tennessee Higher Education Commission, 2012
Comprising eleven financial aid programs, the Tennessee Education Lottery Scholarship (TELS) provided financial aid to 101,569 students at a cost of $297,589,674 in 2010-11 (Tennessee Student Assistance Corporation [TSAC], 2011). The four largest programs (the HOPE scholarship program, the General Assembly Merit Scholarship program [GAMS], the…
Descriptors: Merit Scholarships, Grants, Science Teachers, Dual Enrollment
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
Tennessee Higher Education Commission, 2013
The Tennessee Education Lottery Scholarship (TELS) program was designed to meet the unique needs of the state of Tennessee while also incorporating the hallmark elements of existing merit-based aid programs in other states. Developed through a process involving elected officials and members of the academic community, the TELS program aims to…
Descriptors: Scholarships, Scholarship Funds, Merit Scholarships, Public Policy
Baker, Joe G.; Finn, Michael G. – Journal for the Education of the Gifted, 2008
The purpose of this paper is to investigate the following question: To what extent would a nationally competitive scholarship program increase science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM) degree awards to our "best and brightest"? This inquiry is prompted by a 2006 report of a National Academy of Sciences (NAS) panel, "Rising Above the…
Descriptors: Grade Point Average, High School Graduates, Science Fairs, Engineering Education
Ness, Erik C.; Noland, Brian E. – Journal of Student Financial Aid, 2007
As the nation's newest broad-based merit aid program, the Tennessee Education Lottery Scholarship program's generous eligibility requirements may target the very students who are disproportionately left out of similar programs in other states. This article compares the scholarship eligibility rates of Tennessee students with three other states:…
Descriptors: Eligibility, Merit Scholarships, Program Descriptions, Comparative Analysis
Brown, Raymond – New Directions for Student Services, 2007
This chapter examines some of the salient features of merit-based student financial aid. The author explores the role of merit aid in college admission and how it is used in today's competitive market. (Contains 1 resource.)
Descriptors: College Admission, Student Financial Aid, Merit Scholarships, Recognition (Achievement)
Harkreader, Steve; Hughes, John; Tozzi, Melanie Hicks; Vanlandingham, Gary – Journal of Student Financial Aid, 2008
Florida's Bright Futures program is one of the nation's largest merit-based scholarship initiatives. This study used high school transcript and college enrollment data to examine the program's impact on high school course-taking patterns, school grades, college entrance exam scores, and rates of college attendance over time. The study indicates…
Descriptors: High Schools, Course Selection (Students), College Attendance, Scholarships
