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US House of Representatives, 2022
The Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Investment met to hear testimony on ''Keeping the Pell Grant Promise: Increasing Enrollment, Supporting Success.'' The meeting was entirely remote. The aim of the meeting was to examine trends related to Pell eligible students' access to public four-year institutions, the State and institutional…
Descriptors: Grants, Federal Aid, Enrollment Rate, Enrollment Influences
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Taldybayeva, Dinara; Serikkaliyeva, Azhar; Nadirova, Gulnar; Zhailybayev, Daulet – International Society for Technology, Education, and Science, 2021
When the state, the so-called "historical homeland" of many ethnic groups living outside, calls them to return and become a part of their fellow citizens, it takes on a great responsibility for the fate, rights, and interests of repatriates. One of the existing directions of the Kazakhstan government policy, which was initiated after…
Descriptors: Ethnic Groups, Citizenship, Public Policy, Social Systems
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Davari, Sadegh; Perkins-Hall, Sharon; Abeysekera, Krishani – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2017
There is a shortage of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) educated workforce in the US, especially among minority and underrepresented groups. Recruiting and retaining STEM majors has been a major problem for universities and community colleges for many years. The Computer Science department of University of Houston-Clear Lake…
Descriptors: Student Recruitment, Academic Persistence, Majors (Students), STEM Education
Lee, Lung-Sheng – Online Submission, 2013
In order to promote energy literacy for graders K-12, the Ministry of Education (MOE) in Taiwan initiated a K-12 Energy Technology Education Project in September 2010. This 40-month project has one project office affiliated to a university, and 18 promotion centers affiliated to 18 schools--including 5 regional centers for upper-secondary schools…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Power Technology, Teacher Recruitment, Volunteers
Mulugetta, Yuko – 1999
This study used data from the National Postsecondary Student Aid Study (NPSAS) for 1989-90 and 1995-96 to examine the awarding of need-based and merit student financial aid to entering college freshmen by private four-year colleges. Regression analysis used the amount of institutional need-based grant awarded to an individual freshman as a…
Descriptors: Grants, Higher Education, Merit Scholarships, No Need Scholarships
James, Glenn W.; Mahajan, Shubhada S. – Online Submission, 2004
Scholarship aid continues to be crucially important in attracting and retaining students in higher education institutions (Abrahamson & Hossler, 1990; Cabrera, Nora, & Castaneda, 1992; Paulsen & St. John, 1997; Schuh, 2000; St. John, 1992; St. John et al., 1994; Terkla, 1985). Although the general concept and effect of financial assistance is…
Descriptors: Student Financial Aid, Scholarships, Scholarship Funds, Student Recruitment