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Direct linkOded Gurantz; Taylor K. Odle – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 2022
We replicate and extend prior work on Florida's Bright Futures merit aid scholarship to consider its effect on college enrollment and degree completion. We estimate causal impacts using a regression discontinuity design to exploit SAT thresholds that strongly determine eligibility. We find no positive impacts on attendance or attainment, and…
Descriptors: Merit Scholarships, College Choice, Educational Attainment, State Programs
Louisiana Board of Regents, 2023
The Tuition Opportunity Program for Students (subsequently renamed the Taylor Opportunity Program for Students, also known as TOPS), Louisiana's merit-based student aid program, was created via Act 1375 of the 1997 Regular Legislative Session. The first freshman class to receive TOPS awards entered postsecondary education in the fall of 1998. Act…
Descriptors: Merit Scholarships, Student Financial Aid, State Aid, College Students
Gurantz, Oded; Odle, Taylor K. – Grantee Submission, 2021
We replicate and extend prior work on Florida's Bright Futures merit aid scholarship to consider its effect on college enrollment and degree completion. We estimate causal impacts using a regression discontinuity design to exploit SAT thresholds that strongly determine eligibility. We find no positive impacts on attendance or attainment, and…
Descriptors: Merit Scholarships, College Choice, Educational Attainment, State Programs
Oded Gurantz; Taylor Odle – Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, 2020
We replicate and extend prior work on Florida's Bright Futures merit aid scholarship to consider its effect on college enrollment and degree completion. We estimate causal impacts using a regression discontinuity design to exploit SAT thresholds that strongly determine eligibility. We find no positive impacts on attendance or attainment, and…
Descriptors: Merit Scholarships, College Choice, Educational Attainment, State Programs
