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Angrist, Joshua; Autor, David; Pallais, Amanda – National Bureau of Economic Research, 2020
Financial aid from the Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation (STBF) provides exceptionally generous support to a college population similar to that served by a host of state aid programs. In conjunction with STBF, we randomly assigned aid awards to thousands of Nebraska high school graduates from low-income, minority, and first-generation college…
Descriptors: Low Income Students, Merit Scholarships, Philanthropic Foundations, Graduation
Binder, Melissa; Krause, Kate; Miller, Cynthia; Cerna, Oscar – MDRC, 2015
This paper presents effects after five years of a performance-based scholarship offered to low-income entering freshmen at The University of New Mexico, a medium-sized public university. The program, which was evaluated using a randomized controlled trial, provided eligible students with up to $1,000 in additional aid per semester for four…
Descriptors: Scholarships, Low Income Students, Academic Advising, Program Evaluation