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Download full textTucker, Laura Packard; Hanson, Devlin; Pergamit, Michael; Norwitt, Jonah; Gedo, Shannon – Urban Institute, 2023
Young people with foster care history need financial support to attain their educational goals. Are these young people getting the financial support they need for college? How do their financial aid packages compare with those of their peers? To answer these questions, the authors used data from the National Center for Education Statistics,…
Descriptors: Foster Care, Postsecondary Education, Access to Education, Costs
Tucker, Laura Packard; Hanson, Devlin; Pergamit, Michael; Norwitt, Jonah; Gedo, Shannon – Urban Institute, 2023
Young people with foster care history need financial support to attain their educational goals. Are these young people getting the financial support they need for college? How do their financial aid packages compare with those of their peers? Does the Education and Training Voucher program meet their needs? If not, how can it be improved? To…
Descriptors: Foster Care, Student Financial Aid, Paying for College, Costs
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Direct linkLeeds, 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)
Wellman, Jane – 1999
This report reviews two decades of trends in college tuition, the effects on student access and college choice, and how governments and institutions have responded. Among major findings are: (1) overall, average tuition and fees have increased almost five-fold over the last two decades; (2) a major cause of higher prices has been the declining…
Descriptors: Access to Education, College Choice, Educational Finance, Educational Policy
Hearn, James C.; And Others – 1985
The impact of a new policy in Minnesota that raised college tuition while also increasing state student aid funding was studied. A literature review examines the influence of economic, psychological, sociological, and cultural factors on student attendance patterns. In addition to access, choice, and persistence, the study considered educational…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, College Attendance, College Choice, Dependents
McPherson, Michael S.; Schapiro, Morton O. – 1999
This report examines the decade of change in the U.S. system of finance for higher education, which has resulted in a set of programs and policies that are highly responsive to the demands of middle- and upper-income families for help but which are less well equipped to respond to the needs of lower-income families for assistance with their…
Descriptors: Access to Education, College Bound Students, College Choice, Educational Finance
