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Direct linkMatt Ormandy; Alexa Ferdinands; Autumn Nesdoly; Maria Mayan – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2024
This qualitative pilot study introduces and reflects on early development and implementation of the Zero Fee Tuition (ZFT) program in the rural, oil and gas town of Drayton Valley, Alberta, Canada. This innovative, primarily municipally funded program, implemented in 2019, provides local students with up to $5,000 in free tuition for select…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Tuition, Educational Finance, Tuition Grants
Download full textDrew M. Anderson; Melanie A. Zaber – Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, 2024
Many empirical studies have established that financial aid improves college attainment. Few have been able to test why. This study used administrative records of employment and earnings to get a more complete picture of students' finances during college and test one potential mechanism, that financial aid buys students time by allowing them to…
Descriptors: Student Financial Aid, Educational Finance, Student Employment, Time Management
Billings, Meredith S.; Gándara, Denisa; Li, Amy Y. – New Directions for Community Colleges, 2021
Promise programs are an increasing popular solution to improving college affordability, reducing educational inequities, and promoting economic development. Promise programs are distinct from other forms of financial aid because they emphasize residency in their eligibility criteria, where students must live and/or attend school in specific…
Descriptors: Tuition Grants, Scholarship Funds, Eligibility, Place of Residence
