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ERIC Number: EJ1058622
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2015-May
Pages: 18
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0162-3737
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Need-Based Aid and College Persistence: The Effects of the Ohio College Opportunity Grant
Bettinger, Eric
Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, v37 n1 suppl p102S-119S May 2015
This article exploits a natural experiment to estimate the effects of need-based aid policies on first-year college persistence rates. In fall 2006, Ohio abruptly adopted a new state financial aid policy that was significantly more generous than the previous plan. Using student-level data and very narrowly defined sets of students, I estimate a difference-in-differences model to identify the program effects. Students who benefited from the program received awards about US$800 higher than they would have received under the prior program. These students' drop-out rates fell by 2% as a result of the program. The new program also increased the likelihood that students attend 4-year campuses and increased their first-year grade point averages. The program may not have been cost-effective given the combination of its generosity and inability to target the marginal students who would be most sensitive to financial aid.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
Audience: N/A
Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Ohio
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