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Canadian Association of University Teachers, 2022
Through teaching, training, research and service to the community, Canada's universities and colleges are essential to creating a more democratic and just society, driving the economy, and preparing for the future. Canadians need a strong commitment from their federal government to protect and preserve the public post-secondary education system.…
Descriptors: Postsecondary Education, Foreign Countries, Federal Government, Federal Legislation
Tyler L. Johnson – ProQuest LLC, 2022
The Parent PLUS loan covers the financial gap of a student's educational expenses after other forms of financial assistance. Depending on the unmet need, the PLUS loan amount borrowed can be tens of thousands of dollars for a single academic year. In this research article, I provide results from evaluating financial aid offers at Missouri public,…
Descriptors: Student Financial Aid, Student Loan Programs, Parent Financial Contribution, College Students
Campbell, Brett – Utah System of Higher Education, 2023
Recently new types of scholarships have emerged known as promise scholarships. A promise scholarship aims to increase collegiate attainment by promising financial aid to eligible students. Promise scholarships differ from traditional scholarships in that promise scholarships are non-competitive and not necessarily needs based. Typical eligibility…
Descriptors: Scholarships, Educational Attainment, Time to Degree, Student Costs
Watts, Gavin W.; Garfield, Theresa A.; Davis, Mariya T. – College Teaching, 2023
The experiences of first-generation college students (FGCS) can guide the development of effective practices for supporting and retaining these students. Open-ended interviews with 10 FGCS produced themes related to challenges and strategies for success. Applied thematic analysis identified barriers in school, home, and work settings, including a…
Descriptors: First Generation College Students, Educational Strategies, Success, Barriers
Devon L. Graves – New Directions for Community Colleges, 2023
The financial aid process extends beyond once a student submits the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) application. Scholars have found that the financial aid process can be cumbersome, especially for minoritized students. What is unclear in the literature are the additional hurdles students encounter to obtain financial aid. I…
Descriptors: Student Financial Aid, Barriers, Community College Students, Student Attitudes
Cornelius J. Carroll – ProQuest LLC, 2023
In the United States today, there exists a very serious conversation over financial aid at all levels of education. The conversation going on nationally permeates every level of society: politics, the nuclear family, and the economy. Further, at this point in our national history, we have several generation gaps with respect to education and its…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Financial Aid, Social Systems, College Students
Pinghui Wu; Lucy McMillan – Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, 2023
This study assesses the impact of involuntary job loss on college persistence by leveraging different job-loss timings relative to a student's college enrollment decision. We find that job loss increases the probability that a working college student leaves college before attaining a degree, but access to short-term credit through credit card…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, College Enrollment, Paying for College, College Bound Students
Madrid, Javier – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The Latino population is a rapidly growing group in California, yet the rates of Latino student athletes competing at the NCAA Division I level is maintaining an alarmingly low percentage. The discrepancy in these numbers continues to have a substantial impact on the college completion rate of Latino students. The problem addressed in this study…
Descriptors: Hispanic American Students, Disproportionate Representation, Student Athletes, College Athletics
Christopher Ledford – Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education, 2023
In Kentucky and around the nation, the cost of college attendance has risen steadily over the past two decades, while total undergraduate enrollment has leveled off or declined. Kentucky has taken aggressive measures to limit tuition increases and increase state and institutional aid; nevertheless, increasing college costs may be constricting our…
Descriptors: First Generation College Students, In State Students, Public Colleges, Financial Needs
Liang Zhang – Journal of Higher Education, 2024
Using data from four waves of the National Postsecondary Student Aid Study (NPSAS) in 2004, 2008, 2012, and 2016, this study examines the effect of the PGIB on veterans' student loans. Results indicate that the PGIB has significantly affected veteran students' borrowing behavior, with an average $1,100 reduction in Stafford Loans. Veteran students…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Veterans, Debt (Financial), Paying for College
Benjamin D. Andrews; Tori Rehr; Erica P. Regan – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2024
In a time of increasing economic inequality, lower levels of government investment in higher education, and rising tuition costs, students vying for a college degree experience financial concerns as important influences on their college experience. An emerging body of literature has focused on the relationship between student finances and academic…
Descriptors: Community College Students, Stress Variables, Financial Problems, Outcomes of Education
Nicko Brumfield; Samantha Casler; Felicia Howard; Kayelyn Keyton; Shane McClellan; Kalani Olatunji; Ayesha Rahim; Margherita Rose Hill – Institute for College Access & Success, 2024
This year, The Institute for College Access & Success (TICAS) Michigan Student Advocacy Fellows focused their advocacy on expanding resources for students to cover rising non-tuition costs associated with higher education. As their culminating project, the students conducted a survey assessing the impact of non-tuition costs on Michiganders…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Paying for College, College Students, Noninstructional Student Costs
Rodney Anthony Palmer – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Problem: Several studies have examined the prediction of calling in college students, but no known study has focused primarily on the development of vocational calling among the vulnerable population of first-generation college students who have a higher drop-out rate than their peers. Examining the composition of vocational calling in…
Descriptors: First Generation College Students, Religious Colleges, Predictor Variables, Vocational Education
Andrea Briceno Mosquera – Educational Policy, 2024
Administrative burdens scholarship has explored the factors influencing bureaucrats' perceptions and administrative discretion when entitled individuals seek policy benefits. Few studies, however, have recently investigated such phenomena with undocumented youth immigrants. Drawing from online web surveys and conducting a mixed methods study, I…
Descriptors: Admissions Officers, College Admission, College Students, Undocumented Immigrants
Stackpole, David – Journal of Student Financial Aid, 2021
This paper investigates the possible opportunity cost of using standard college savings plans against the advantages of using debt to pay for college. In addition, it presents a practical argument for using debt in place of college savings plans in certain instances. By doing so, investors may not only be able to mitigate the difficulty of saving,…
Descriptors: Debt (Financial), Paying for College, Money Management, Tuition