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Anderson, Drew M.; Broton, Katharine M.; Goldrick-Rab, Sara; Kelchen, Robert – Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2020
We conduct the first long-term experimental evaluation of a need-based financial aid program, the privately funded Wisconsin Scholars Grant. Over multiple cohorts, the program failed to increase degree completion and graduate school enrollment up to 10 years after matriculation. The program did reduce time-to-degree for some students and modestly…
Descriptors: Grants, Student Financial Aid, Program Evaluation, Graduate Study
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Kinsley, Peter Miles; Goldrick-Rab, Sara – AERA Online Paper Repository, 2016
Postsecondary leaders and policy-makers have turned to performance-based aid programs as one way reduce time to degree completion and improve completion rates among low income students. By tying aid eligibility to minimum academic performance standards in college, it is thought that greater academic commitment can be promoted. Underlying these…
Descriptors: Student Financial Aid, Incentives, Performance Based Assessment, Federal Aid