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Johnson, Carrie L.; O'Neill, Barbara; Worthy, Sheri Lokken; Lown, Jean M.; Bowen, Cathy F. – Journal of Financial Counseling and Planning, 2016
This study used data from online focus groups collected from November 2014 to April 2015 to understand college students' decision-making processes when borrowing money to finance their education. Data were collected using an online course management system. Results suggest that (a) students relied heavily on advice from parents, guidance…
Descriptors: Student Loan Programs, Debt (Financial), Paying for College, Loan Repayment
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Hossler, Don; Hu, Shouping; Schmit, Jack – Journal of Student Financial Aid, 1999
A study investigated the variables associated with high school students' sensitivity to tuition in the college-choice process, interaction of tuition and student aid, relationship of family and student characteristics to this sensitivity, and the roles of student perceptions and student institutional connections in price sensitivity. Subjects were…
Descriptors: College Bound Students, College Choice, High School Students, High Schools
St. John, Edward P.; Gross, Jacob P.K.; Musoba, Glenda D.; Chung, Anna S. – Lumina Foundation for Education, 2005
The Twenty-first Century Scholars Program is an early-intervention program intended to improve college enrollment among low-income students in Indiana. The Scholars program provides support services--plus a guarantee of grant aid equivalent to public college tuition--to students who pledge in eighth grade to meet five criteria: (1) complete high…
Descriptors: Intervention, Public Colleges, Grade 8, Student Financial Aid