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Anzelone, Caitlin; Weiss, Michael; Headlam, Camielle – MDRC, 2020
This report presents findings from Encouraging Additional Summer Enrollment [EASE], which used behavioral insights in two informational campaigns, with and without tuition assistance, to encourage community college students to take summer classes. Both interventions increased enrollment and had a modest impact on credits earned and positive return…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Two Year College Students, Summer Programs, Enrollment
Shohfi, Kyle D. – Congressional Research Service, 2019
To address concerns about the public postsecondary education offerings available to District of Columbia residents, the District of Columbia College Access Act of 1999 (P.L. 106-98) established the District of Columbia Tuition Assistance Grant (DCTAG) program. The program is meant to provide college-bound DC residents with a greater array of…
Descriptors: Student Financial Aid, Tuition Grants, College Bound Students, Undergraduate Students
Gansemer-Topf, Ann Marie; Behaunek, Luke – AERA Online Paper Repository, 2017
Tuition discounting (TD), a practice whereby institutional grants are used to subsidize a student's educational expense, has become a common practice at four-year institutions. TDs impact on enrollments, financial aid, and budgets continues to increase, raising concerns about the long-term sustainability of the practice. Drawing upon Breneman's…
Descriptors: Private Colleges, Institutional Characteristics, Student Characteristics, Income
Castleman, Benjamin L.; Long, Bridget Terry – National Bureau of Economic Research, 2013
Gaps in average college success among students of differing backgrounds have persisted in the United States for decades. One of the primary ways governments have attempted to ameliorate such gaps is by providing need-based grants, but little evidence exists on the impacts of such aid on longer-term outcomes such as college persistence and degree…
Descriptors: Student Financial Aid, Tuition Grants, State Aid, Access to Education
What Works Clearinghouse, 2014
The 2013 study, "Looking Beyond Enrollment: The Causal Effect of Need-Based Grants on College Access, Persistence, and Graduation," examined whether eligibility for the Florida Student Access Grant (FSAG), a need-based grant for low-income students in Florida, affects college enrollment, credit accumulation, persistence over time in…
Descriptors: Student Financial Aid, Tuition Grants, State Aid, Access to Education
Catt, Andrew D. – Friedman Foundation for Educational Choice, 2014
In this memo, we synthesize information collected recently in two private school surveys, one conducted by the U.S. Department of Education and another by the Friedman Foundation and the Idaho Federation of Independent Schools (IDFIS). After a brief description of the data sources, we present the key survey findings in two sections.
Descriptors: Private Schools, School Surveys, Elementary Secondary Education, Institutional Characteristics
Tennessee Higher Education Commission, 2013
The Tennessee Education Lottery Scholarship (TELS) program was designed to meet the unique needs of the state of Tennessee while also incorporating the hallmark elements of existing merit-based aid programs in other states. Developed through a process involving elected officials and members of the academic community, the TELS program aims to…
Descriptors: Scholarships, Scholarship Funds, Merit Scholarships, Public Policy
South Carolina Commission on Higher Education, 2007
This report provides data and information relating to the Palmetto Fellows, LIFE, and SC HOPE Scholarships, and the Lottery Tuition Assistance and the SC Need-based Grant Programs. The primary purpose of the Palmetto Fellows Scholarship is to recognize the most academically talented high school seniors in South Carolina and to encourage them to…
Descriptors: Recognition (Achievement), Eligibility, Graduation Rate, Incentives
Colorado State General Assembly, Denver. Legislative Council. – 1971
The legal and historical developments leading to the tuition-free waivers for American Indians at Fort Lewis College, Colorado, along with such topics as the 1970 change in policy and the decision to limit Indian tuition waivers, are discussed in the 1971 report submitted to the Colorado General Assembly by the Committee on Indian Enrollment…
Descriptors: American Indians, College Admission, College Role, Enrollment
Maeroff, Gene I. – Saturday Review (New York 1975), 1978
Public colleges versus private colleges, Allan W. Ostar, executive director of the American Association of State Colleges and Universities, versus John D. Phillips, executive director of the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities; all are determined to survive in the struggle to acquire funds which they desperately need.…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Educational Finance, Educational Problems, Enrollment
Hubbell, Loren Loomis – Business Officer, 1995
A study by the National Association of College and University Business Officers (NACUBO) analyzed tuition discount ratios for small colleges with lower tuition, small colleges with higher tuition, and large colleges/universities. It examined average tuition discount percentages, average tuition rates and enrollments, percent of students aided, and…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Educational Trends, Enrollment, Higher Education

Mullen, John K. – Economics of Education Review, 1982
Examines both a hypothetical and an actual expansion of New York State's direct tuition grants program in higher education. For both, the resulting redistribution of financing appears favorable to the lowest income groups but leads to only modest gains in enrollment levels. (Author/RW)
Descriptors: Access to Education, Enrollment, Enrollment Influences, Higher Education
Redd, Kenneth E. – 2000
To study the effects of college tuition discounting, data from annual Institutional Student Aid Surveys of private colleges and universities were compared to enrollment and Pell Grant data from the U.S. Department of Education. Findings indicated that: (1) at least one quarter of the colleges and universities used discounting strategies that…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Educational Trends, Enrollment, Higher Education
Colorado State General Assembly, Denver. Legislative Council. – 1971
The objective of Part II of the Colorado Legislative Council's Committee on American Indian Enrollment Problems report is to recommend policies and procedures for dealing with American Indian tuitions and Indian education at Fort Lewis College. The committee members worked with the Colorado congressional delegation and representatives of the U.S.…
Descriptors: American Indians, Committees, Enrollment, Federal Aid
Sidar, Alexander G., Jr. – 1976
The growing use of financial awards to students regardless of demonstrated need has aroused much debate. Small private colleges with more limited curricular offerings in heavy competition for students are those using no-need awards most in an attempt to solve their problems of enrollment and academic stature. However, large public and private…
Descriptors: Awards, Colleges, Educational Finance, Enrollment