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Todd R. Jones; Daniel Kreisman; Ross Rubenstein; Cynthia Searcy; Rachana Bhatt – Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, 2020
For years Georgia's HOPE Scholarship program provided full tuition scholarships to high achieving students. State budgetary shortfalls reduced its generosity in 2011. Under the new rules, only students meeting more rigorous merit-based criteria would retain the original scholarship covering full tuition, now called Zell Miller, with other students…
Descriptors: Student Financial Aid, Financial Problems, Academic Persistence, Graduation
US Department of Education, 2024
This document includes the "FY 2023 Annual Performance Report" (APR) and "FY 2025 Annual Performance Plan" (APP). The APR provides narrative and data on the Department of Education's (Department's) progress toward the strategic goals and objectives outlined in its "Fiscal Years [FYs] 2022-2026 Strategic Plan"…
Descriptors: Federal Government, Public Agencies, Educational Planning, Educational Strategies
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Hornor, Tara – College Student Journal, 2021
The purpose of this study was to examine veterans' educational intentions as well as the factors influencing their college choices. Individual interviews were conducted with 30 veterans separating from military service who were eligible for military educational benefits. Results indicated 80 percent of veterans planned to utilize their military…
Descriptors: Veterans, Veterans Education, College Choice, Student Educational Objectives
North Dakota University System, 2021
College affordability is a significant factor in student access, retention and completion. Tuition and fee rates are a major component of affordability, as is the availability of financial aid programs from federal, state, institutional and private sources. Strategically designed approaches to college affordability can better assist families in…
Descriptors: Federal Aid, Grants, Student Loan Programs, Student Costs
Hegji, Alexandra – Congressional Research Service, 2021
The William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan (Direct Loan) program makes several types of federal student loans available to individuals to assist them with financing postsecondary education expenses. It represents the single largest source of federal financial assistance to support students' postsecondary educational pursuits. The U.S. Department of…
Descriptors: Student Loan Programs, Federal Legislation, Federal Aid, Postsecondary Education
Mya N. Fisher – ProQuest LLC, 2021
This study explores study abroad decision-making among black and white students at a large, public institution to better understand racial disparities in study abroad participation. Study abroad professionals cite a lack of financial resources as a sufficient explanation for low participation rates in study abroad among racial and ethnic minority…
Descriptors: College Students, Public Colleges, Universities, African American Students
Jennifer L. H. Hewitt – ProQuest LLC, 2021
College degree attainment benefits both private citizens and society. Historically, degree attainment rates have differed based on students' race, income, and parental education. Along with differences in degree attainment rates, time to degree has been increasing for all students nationally. Increased time to degree has adverse effects for…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Time to Degree, Academic Degrees, Educational Attainment
Dennis A. Kramer II; Christina Lamb; Lindsay C. Page – Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, 2021
We explore the role of defaults and choice architecture on student loan decision-making, experimentally testing the impact pre-populating either decline or accept decisions compared to an active choice, no pre-population, decision. We demonstrate that the default choice presented does influence student loan borrowing decisions. Specifically,…
Descriptors: Loan Default, Student Loan Programs, Research Universities, Decision Making
Levine, Phillip B.; Ritter, Dubravka – National Bureau of Economic Research, 2022
We examine how the racial wealth gap interacts with financial aid in American higher education to generate a disparate impact on college access and outcomes. Retirement savings and home equity are excluded from the formula used to estimate the amount a family can afford to pay. All else equal, omitting those assets mechanically increases the…
Descriptors: Racial Differences, Student Financial Aid, Higher Education, Access to Education
Hough, Heather; Marsh, Julie; Estrada-Miller, Jeimee; Polikoff, Morgan; Myung, Jeannie – Policy Analysis for California Education, PACE, 2022
The 2021-22 academic year was profoundly challenging for California schools. Eight critical issues emerged as serious threats to student learning, the operation of schools, and even the very institution of public education: (1) gun violence, (2) politicization of and support for public education, (3) controversy over what is taught in schools, (4)…
Descriptors: Public Education, Parent Attitudes, Public Opinion, Barriers
Hough, Heather; Marsh, Julie; Estrada-Miller, Jeimee; Polikoff, Morgan; Myung, Jeannie – Policy Analysis for California Education, PACE, 2022
The 2021-22 academic year was profoundly challenging for California schools. Eight critical issues emerged as serious threats to student learning, the operation of schools, and even the very institution of public education: (1) gun violence, (2) politicization of and support for public education, (3) controversy over what is taught in schools, (4)…
Descriptors: Public Education, Parent Attitudes, Public Opinion, Barriers
Fletcher, Carla – Trellis Company, 2022
Many college students struggle to make ends meet while enrolled and sometimes must turn to a wide variety of safety net resources, including official government programs, borrowing from family, and selling belongings. This brief examines data from 63,751 undergraduate students who responded to Trellis' Fall 2021 Student Financial Wellness Survey…
Descriptors: Paying for College, Financial Problems, Undergraduate Students, Educational Finance
US Senate, 2019
This hearing of the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions focuses on reauthorizing the Higher Education Act through financial aid simplification and transparency. The following committee members presented opening statements: (1) Honorable Lamar Alexander, Chairman, Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions; and (2)…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Legislation, Federal Legislation, Student Financial Aid
American Association of Community Colleges, 2019
This issue of "DataPoints" shows the percent of adults by selected demographics who support or oppose free tuition at public colleges and universities. The data demonstrate that nearly three-fourths of American adults support free college tuition for those who qualify for it.
Descriptors: Tuition, Paying for College, Adults, Public Colleges
Salerno, Carlo – Manhattan Institute for Policy Research, 2019
Investing in postsecondary education ought to be as clear and transparent as any other purchase, including clear pricing up-front that allows consumers to make well-founded school, degree, and borrowing choices that fit their personal circumstances, talents, and ambitions. Yet that is not how college financing works today. Instead, students and…
Descriptors: Postsecondary Education, Consumer Economics, Paying for College, Educational Finance
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