ERIC Number: ED661748
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2024-Nov
Pages: 86
Abstractor: ERIC
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The Effects of Expanding Pell Grant Eligibility for Short Occupational Training Programs: New Results on Employment and Earnings from the Experimental Sites Initiative. Appendix. NCEE 2025-005a
Jaime Thomas; Naihobe Gonzalez; Breyon Williams; Nora Paxton; Jensen Hu; Andrew Wiegand; Leela Hebbar
National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance
This appendix volume supplements report NCEE 2025-005r, describing the effects of two experimental Pell Grant expansions: the first allowed income-eligible students with a bachelor's degree to obtain this form of federal financial aid for short-term occupational training programs and the second allowed income-eligible students to obtain this aid for very short-term programs lasting as little as eight weeks. The report updated earlier results from a rigorous evaluation of the experiments conducted by the U.S. Department of Education's (ED's) Institute of Education Sciences, adding new information about the experiments' effects on employment and earnings outcomes. This appendix volume similarly updates the evaluation's previous published appendix to detail the steps taken to assess these effects. The volume first describes the Pell Grant experiments as overseen by ED's Office of Federal Student Aid, including information about the schools offering the experimental Pell Grants. The next sections document how the study was conducted, including the research questions asked and the approach used to answer the research questions, additional details supporting the key findings of the study, and additional analyses to assess the sensitivity of the key findings.
Descriptors: Federal Aid, Grants, Job Training, Microcredentials, Employment, Income, Low Income Students, Bachelors Degrees, Enrollment, Enrollment Rate, Postsecondary Education
National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance. Available from: ED Pubs. P.O. Box 1398, Jessup, MD 20794-1398. Tel: 877-433-7827; Web site: http://ies.ed.gov/ncee/
Related Records: ED661747
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Numerical/Quantitative Data
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance (NCEE) (ED/IES); Mathematica; Social Policy Research Associates (SPR)
IES Funded: Yes
Grant or Contract Numbers: 91990018C0057; EDIES12C0097
IES Publication: https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/pubs/2025005/