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Direct linkGoldrick-Rab, Sara; Harris, Douglas N.; Benson, James; Kelchen, Robert – Institute for Research on Poverty, 2011
We use the random assignment of a private Wisconsin need-based grant to estimate the impacts of financial aid on college persistence among Pell Grant recipients at 13 public universities over three years. For equity and efficiency reasons, governments use conditional cash transfers to reduce the relationship between family income and college…
Descriptors: Family Income, Educational Objectives, College Choice, Academic Persistence
Speerstra, Mandy; Trechter, David – MINDS@UW, 2010
During Academic Day, September 1, 2009, incoming freshmen and transfer students in the College of Agriculture, Food and Environmental Sciences (CAFES) were asked to complete a one-page questionnaire designed to find out: (1) how they learned about UW-River Falls as an option for their tertiary education; (2) what factors most influenced their…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Colleges, Student Surveys, Earth Science
Download full textWanat, Carolyn L.; Bowles, B. Dean – 1989
Information on a study examining the college choice process for academically talented students is presented, focusing on the University of Wisconsin (UW) System's recruitment of All State Academic Scholars. Recognition for academic excellence is the goal of their All State Scholars Program. UW is concerned about a brain drain from the state…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Academically Gifted, Advanced Students, College Bound Students
