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Direct linkDamon, Amy; Glewwe, Paul; Wisniewski, Suzanne; Sun, Bixuan – Review of Education, 2019
In this paper we provide a rigorous review of evaluations of education programmes in developing countries. This review is organised to provide guidance to policy-makers by identifying education interventions that are effective, sometimes effective, and not effective and by presenting some information on the cost effectiveness of different types of…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Educational Policy, Program Evaluation, Intervention
Download full textVillarreal, Michael U. – Texas Education Research Center, 2018
Over the previous two decades, state lawmakers have made two fundamental changes to how they finance their public universities. They have shifted more of the costs of higher education to students and their families through higher tuition rates; and created new grant programs that are not solely based on financial need but require prior…
Descriptors: Merit Scholarships, Grants, Student Financial Aid, Graduation Rate
Rae, Brian – Alaska Commission on Postsecondary Education, 2013
In accordance with Alaska statute the departments of Education & Early Development (EED) and Labor and Workforce Development (DOLWD), the University of Alaska (UA), and the Alaska Commission on Postsecondary Education (ACPE) present this second annual report on the Alaska Performance Scholarship (APS). Among the highlights: (1) In the public…
Descriptors: Merit Scholarships, Eligibility, High School Graduates, Enrollment
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
Peer reviewedCornwell, Christopher M.; Lee, Kyung Hee; Mustard, David B. – Journal of Human Resources, 2005
A common justification for state-sponsored merit scholarships like Georgia's HOPE program is to promote academic achievement. However, grade-based retention rules encourage other behavioral responses. Using longitudinal records of enrolled undergraduates at the University of Georgia between 1989 and 1997, we estimate the effects of HOPE on…
Descriptors: Merit Scholarships, Student Behavior, Academic Achievement, College Freshmen
Peer reviewedHaveman, Robert; Smeeding, Timothy – Future of Children, 2006
Most Americans expect the nation's colleges and universities to promote the goal of social mobility to make it possible for anyone with ability and motivation to succeed. But according to Robert Haveman and Timothy Smeeding, income-related gaps both in access to and in success in higher education are large and growing. In the top-tier colleges and…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Social Mobility, College Role, Efficiency
