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Author(s):Wei, C., Horn, L., and Carroll, C
Title:Persistence and attainment of beginning students with Pell Grants
Source:http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2002/2002169.pdf
Date:2002
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Short Description:Describes Pell Grant recipients who began postsecondary education in 1995-96, and compares their postsecondary outcomes 3 years later with low- and middle-income students who did not receive a Pell Grant.
Annotation:This report describes Pell Grant recipients who began postsecondary education in 1995-96, and compares their postsecondary outcomes 3 years later with low- and middle-income students who did not receive a Pell Grant. Levels of high school academic preparation and factors that place students at risk of not finishing postsecondary education were examined in the report.
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Time is the enemy: The surprising truth about why today's college students aren't graduating... And what needs to change
Higher education findings from a nationwide bipartisan survey of 872 respondents age 18-34
Men of color: Ensuring the academic success of Latinos in higher education
Cohort default rates in context
The educational experience of young men of color: A review of research, pathways, and progress
The college keys compact: 2011 catalog of effective practices: Programs and practices that expand options for students from low-income backgrounds
Lumina Foundation Focus: Un nuevo dia: As Latino population grows, so must college attainment
The EFC formula, 2012-2013
Trends in community college education: Enrollment, prices, student aid, and debt levels
Which students to serve? Universal or targeted eligibility for postsecondary opportunity programs
Slip sliding away: An anxious public talks about today's economy and the American Dream
Accounting for socioeconomic differences in delaying the transition to college
Still denied: How community colleges shortchange students by not offering federal loans
Who wins? Who pays? The economic returns and costs of a Bachelor's degree
Promising practices supporting low-income, first-generation students at DeVry University
Trends in for-profit postsecondary education: Enrollment, prices, student aid and outcomes
Forward thinking teens: The effects of college costs on adolescent risky behavior
Wealth, income, and academic achievement in the college-going process
Driving innovation: How six states are organizing to improve outcomes in developmental education
Innovations in developmental math: Community colleges enhance support for nontraditional students
National student aid profile: Overview of 2012 federal programs
Financial Aid Shopping Sheet
The effects of learning communities for students in developmental education
Getting ready for success: Bridging the gap between high school and college in Tacoma, Washington
Balancing passion and practicality: The role of debt and major on students' financial outcomes: Executive Summary
Balancing passion and practicality: The role of debt and major on students' financial outcomes
Debt, jobs, diversity and who gets in: A survey of admissions directors
Challenge the status quo: Academic success among school-age African-American males
Adding it all up in 2012: Are college net price calculators easy to find, use and compare?
"I came in unsure of everything": Community college shifts in students' confidence
Trends in student aid 2012
Ahead of the curve: State success in the developmental education initiative
Improving the college scorecard: Using student feedback to create an effective disclosure
Freshman transition initiatives: Long term and comprehensive
Inseparable imperatives: Equity in education and the future of the American economy
Information and college access: Evidence from a randomized field experiment
Higher education, merit-based scholarships and post-baccalaureate migration
Profile of 2007-08 first-time bachelor's degree recipients in 2009
What works for Latino student success in higher education: 2012 Compendium, profiles of selected programs
Black male student athletes and racial inequities in NCAA division I college sports
The role of community-based organizations in the college access and success movement
A record one-in-five households now owe student loan debt
High standards help struggling students: New evidence
The missing "one-offs": The hidden supply of high achieving, low-income students
STEM in postsecondary education: Entrance, attrition, and coursetaking among 2003-2004 beginning postsecondary students
The student debt crisis
Preventing abuse in federal student aid: Community college practices
"They never told me what to expect, so I didn't know what to do": Defining and clarifying the role of a community college student
Regardless of the cost, college still matters
Denied? The impact of student debt on the ability to buy a house
2012 Household financial planning survey
Where to begin? The evolving role of placement exams for students starting college
Is college affordable? In search of a meaningful definition
Postsecondary institutions and price of attendance in 2011-12, degrees and other awards conferred: 2010-11, and 12-month enrollment: 2010-11
How America pays for college 2012
College rewired: Innovative approaches help higher education connect to productivity
Trends in college spending, 1999-2009
Leading by example: A case study of peer leader programs at two Achieving the Dream colleges
42nd Annual survey report on state sponsored student financial aid
MPI updates national and state level estimates of potential DREAM Act beneficiaries
Trends in public higher education: Enrollment, prices, student aid, revenues and expenditures
Trends in college pricing 2010
Presidential leadership for public policy: A special report by the National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education
Improving community college success
Analysis of preliminary FY2009 2-year cohort default rates
DOD Education benefits: Increased oversight of tuition assistance program is needed
Why 529 college savings plans favor the fortunate
The College Access Challenge Grant (CACG) program
School tracking and access to higher education among disadvantaged groups
Military service members and veterans: A profile of those enrolled in undergraduate and graduate education in 2007-08
High flyers: Policies and strategies that boost developmental education success in Florida's community colleges
College Savings Foundation: 2011 Survey of parents
The high cost of low graduation rates: Taxpayers lose millions
Gender inequalities in education
41st annual survey report on state-sponsored student financial aid: 2009-2010 Academic year
Student lending's failing grade
Unlocking doors and expanding opportunity: Moving beyond the limiting reality of college and career readiness in California high schools
How students are making it: Perspectives on getting through college from recent graduates of the Boston Public Schools (Full Report)
How students are making it: Perspectives on getting through college from recent graduates of the Boston Public Schools (Short Version)
The educational experience of young men of color (website)
Optimism, college major, and post-secondary dropout
Determinants of students' success: The role of advanced placement and dual enrollment programs
Sealing the gaps: Supporting low-income, first-generation students at four-year institutions in Texas post-transfer
Equity scorecard: A process for building institutional capacity to educate young men of color
Hearing on non-traditional students
Today's promise, tomorrow's future: The social and educational factors contributing to the outcomes of Hispanics in urban schools
Net tuition and net price trends in the United States: 2000-2009
For profit schools: Experiences of undercover students enrolled in online classes at selected institutions
Completing the mission: A pilot study of veteran students' progress toward degree attainment in the post 9/11 era
The road ahead: A look at trends in the educational attainment of community college students
State Policies Affecting the “Adult Re-Entry Pipeline” in Postsecondary Education: Results of a Fifty-State Inventory
Community college access and affordability for occupational and nontraditional students
The economic value of opportunity youth
Prison vs. Princeton
Education and the economy: The economic benefits of helping high school dropouts earn both high school diplomas and college degrees
Hiring and higher education: Business executives talk about the costs and benefits of college
Sending veterans to school: Fast facts on the post-9/11 GI Bill
It's a matter of time: Low-income students and community colleges
Measuring efficiency in the community college sector
2012 State of the state addresses: Governors' top education issues
Remediation: Higher education's bridge to nowhere
Grading student loans
Enrollment in postsecondary institutions, Fall 2010; Financial statistics, fiscal year 2010; and graduation rates, selected cohorts, 2002-07
Completion matters: The high cost of low community college graduation rates
The (un)productivity of American higher education: From cost "dis-ease"to cost effectiveness
Developmental education in community colleges
Factors contributing to the upward transfer of baccalaureate aspirants beginning at community colleges
Winning by degrees: The strategies of highly productive higher-education institutions
College success for all: How the Hidalgo independent school district is adopting early college as a district-wide strategy
Easy come - EZ-GO: A federal role in removing jurisdictional impediments to college education
Center for Postsecondary and Economic Success (C-PES)
Trends in college spending: 1998-2008: Where does the money come from? Where does it go? What does it buy?
GetMeToCollege.org (How to prepare, pay for, and succeed in college for first-generation college students)
Postsecondary educational trajectories of urban youth: Addressing vulnerabilities and barriers to enrollment and persistence
Back on track to college: A Texas school district leverages state policy to put dropouts back on the path to success
Extending foster care to age 21: Weighing the costs to government against the benefits to youth
Helping former foster youth graduate from college: Campus support programs in California and Washington state
How America pays for college 2010: A national study by Sallie Mae and Gallup
Building a learning agenda around disconnected youth
NASSGAP 40th annual survey report on state-sponsored student financial aid: 2008-2009 academic year
Turning community college drop-outs into graduates
Federal student aid for incarcerated individuals
Federal student aid for incarcerated individuals (Spanish language version)
La Plaza's scholarship and financial aid guide for Latino's in Indiana - Fall 2009
La Plaza's scholarship and financial aid guide for Latino's in Indiana - Fall 2009 (Spanish language version)
Interventions to support readiness, recruitment, access, transition, and retention for postsecondary education success: An equity of opportunity policy and practice analysis
Bridging the gaps to success: Promising practices for promoting transfer among low-income and first generation students: An in-depth study of six exemplary community colleges in Texas
False fronts? Behind higher education's voluntary accountability systems
Can I get a little advice here? How an overstretched high school guidance system is undermining students' college aspirations
Top gainers: Some public four-year colleges and universities make big improvements in minority graduation rates
Squeeze play 2010: Continued public anxiety on cost, harsher judgements on how colleges are run
CollegeFish.org
High school dropouts and the economic losses from juvenile crime in California
Student debt 101
Expanding access and opportunity: The Washington State Achievers Program
College Savings Foundation
Improving access to higher education by promoting saving
YourWordsToday.org
Dual credit in Indiana: Bridging the gap between high school and college
Cost perceptions and college-going for low-income students
Good data. Better policy. Stronger commitment. Improved outcomes.
Interview with Anthony P. Carnevale
Steps to success: Analyzing milestone achievement to improve community college student outcomes
Deciding about post-secondary education: Hearing the voices of non-attendees
Report on the meta-analysis of post-secondary institutional graduate surveys
Post-secondary access and student financial aid in Canada: Current knowledge and research gaps
Postsecondary education: Cultural, scholastic and economic drivers
A family affair: The impact of paying for college or university
Report on student debt: Canadian college student survey and Canadian undergraduate survey consortium
Pressure points in student financial assistance: Exploring the “Making Ends Meet” database
Why have college completion rates declined? An analysis of changing student preparation and collegiate resources
Higher education performance funding 2.0 - Funding degrees (tip sheet)
College readiness issue brief: High expectations: A key to success for all
Characteristics of private student loan borrowers who do not use federal education loans
Moving beyond access: College success for low-income, first generation students
Quick facts about financial aid and community colleges, 2007-08
FinAid: Income-based repayment
Removing roadblocks to rigor: Linking academic and social supports to ensure college readiness and success
A new goal for America's high schools: College preparation for all
The public realities of private student loans
Public institution and university system financial conditions survey
The challenge to the states: Preserving college access and affordability in a time of crisis
National Association for College Admission Counseling: Statement of prinicples of good practice
Campus commons? What faculty, financial officers, and others think about controlling college costs
Connext Postsecondary Assessment System
Center for College Affordability and Productivity
Young lives on hold: The college dreams of undocumented students
Postsecondary institutions and price of attendance in the United States: Fall 2008 and degrees and other awards conferred: 2007-08, and 12-month enrollment 2007-08
Promoting partnerships for student success: Lessons from the SSPIRE Initiative
Achieving the Dream Data Notes: Academic outcomes of high risk students
Achieving the Dream Data Notes: Characteristics of students who stop out
The critical role of financial aid for first-time/full-time students enrolling at rural-serving community colleges
Getting with the program: Community college students need access to federal loans
Improving lives: State and federal programs for low-income adults (searchable database)
How America pays for college 2009: A national study by Gallup and Sallie Mae
The class of 2003 high school follow-up survey
State and community-based promise programs: Early commitments of financial aid for college
Parental transfers, student achievement, and the labor supply of college students
Trends in college pricing 2009
The millennium bursary in New Brunswick: Impact on debt and persistence
Do Perceptions Matter Regarding the Costs and Benefits of a Post-Secondary Education?
Access to Medical Education in Canada: Do Differing Tuition Regimes Affect Access and Career Choice?
Building a data sharing network of scholarship programs for alumni of foster care
Test drive: Six states pilot better ways to measure and compare community college performance
Back to basics: Improving college readiness of community college students
A matter of trust: Ten key insights from recent public opinion research on attitudes about education among Hispanic parents
The other college: Retention and completion rates among two-year college students
Think college? Me? Now?
Measuring up 2008: Online state report cards
How does the United States stack up? International comparisons of academic achievement
Parent expectations and planning for college: Statistical analysis report
Indiana's guide to paying for college
Consider college now! A handbook for students in middle school and junior high school
Achievement and attainment in Chicago charter schools
Turning around chronically low-performing schools
Survey of Entering Student Engagement (SENSE)
Out before the game begins: Hispanic leaders talk about what's needed to bring more Hispanic youngsters into science, technology and math professions
The status of African Americans in engineering: Confronting the "new" American dilemma
Early intervention program and college partnerships
The impacts of regular Upward Bound: Results from the third follow-up data collection
Association of American Indian Affairs (AAIA)
Debt burden: Repaying student debt
Who should we help? The negative social consequences of merit aid scholarships
Hope works: Student use of education tax credits.
Informing public policy: Financial aid and student persistence
The role of student loans in college access
Effects of students’ middle school and high school experiences on completion of the bachelor’s degree: How can school counselors make a difference?
Increasing the preparedness of at-risk students
Under-prepared community college students: Implications of attitudinal and experiential differences
Findings from the Condition of Education 2001: Students whose parents did not go to college
It’s all relative: The role of parents in college financing and enrollment
How is school reform tied to increasing college access and success for low income and minority youth
The access challenge: Rethinking the causes of the new inequality
College affordability in jeopardy: The rising price of higher education
No merit in these scholarships
Private loans and choice in financing higher education
Access for all? Debating in-state tuition for undocumented alien students
Student aid and tax benefits: Better research and guidance will facilitate comparison of effectiveness and student use
The ABC's of early awareness: A resource guide and toolkit for helping students achieve a higher education
The affordability of university education: A perspective from both sides of the 49th parallel
Postsecondary education opportunity
Investing in America's future: Why student aid pays off for society and individuals
U.S. Department of Education: The Hope Scholarship and Lifetime Learning Credit
GI bill: A reality check
Documenting the shift to merit
Tuition discounting: Not just a private college practice
Cashing in on the GI bill
Grappling with the access problem
Pell grant shares of undergraduate enrollments
Federal student aid for counselors
NDSFA: State financial aid and college access
Paying for persistence: Early results of a Louisiana scholarship program for low-income parents attending community college
Literature review: Intervention methods and programs for pre-college entry for disadvantaged students
California trends in student aid: 1994-95 to 2003-04
Creating college opportunity for all: Prepared students and affordable colleges
Indiana project on academic success: Retention Bibliography
American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian education in the states
Indiana higher education opportunity data book
Trends in student aid 2005
Lumina Foundation focus
Lumina Foundation focus: Barrier busters: Community colleges and their students embrace challenges
Education Planner
Postsecondary institutions in the United States: Fall 2004 and degrees and other awards conferred: 2003-04
Global debt patterns: An international comparison of student loan burdens and repayment conditions
Workbook of state affordability rates 2004
Addressing financial aid in college preparation programs
Involving families in high school and college expectations
The impact of information and student aid on persistence: A review of research and discussion of experiments
Internet inequalities: Financial aid, the internet, and low-income students
Fixing the formula: A new approach to determining independent students' ability to pay for college
Working their way through college: Student employment and its impact on the college experience
Access and persistence: Fall 2005
Latinos in graduate education
Opening the door to the American Dream: Increasing higher education access and success for immigrants
PERSIST: A comprehensive guide for student success in higher education
Finding the right college for you
How do I pay for college?
12 Ways adult students can pay for college
Qualified teachers for at-risk schools: A national imperative
The context of "choice" in college pathways
Costs, prices, and affordability
Profile of undergraduates in U.S. postsecondary education institutions: 2003-04, With a special analysis of community college students
Keeping America's promise: A report on the future of the community college
Balancing acts: How high school counselors view risks and opportunities of student loans
Policy recommendations for reauthorization of NCLB and HEA
Is college right for your child?: How to weigh the pros and cons
State of college opportunity in Ohio 2005
Guide for parents: Ten steps to prepare your child for college
A report on the status of Hispanics in education: Overcoming a history of neglect
LearnMore Indiana Resource Center
The campus-based financial aid programs: A review and analysis of the allocation of funds to institutions and the distribution of aid to students
The economic promise of investing in high-quality preschool: Using early education to improve economic growth and the fiscal sustainability of states and the nation
One day I will make it: A study of adult student persistence in library literacy programs
Benefits of a high school core curriculum
What every student should know about federal aid
Going to the source: A practical way to simplify the FAFSA
Career development interventions and academic self-efficacy: A pilot study
The feasibility of delivering aid for college through the tax system
Hispanic Scholarship Fund: Steps to success (English and Spanish Versions)
National Urban League Scholarships
Lottery funded merit scholarships: Some lessons from the Florida Bright Futures Scholarship program
Unintended admission consequences of federal aid for homeschoolers
Who graduates in California?
Project stepping stone: A college preparation program for Hispanic youth
Adventures in education: For parents
Transitioning out of high school: A quick stats fact sheet
Do support services at community colleges encourage success or reproduce disadvantage?
State merit aid programs: Responses by Florida community colleges
Indiana Chafee Education and Training Voucher (ETV) Program
Orphan Foundation of America
Educational programs and projects that address the needs of low-income students
State grant aid and it's effects on students' college choices
The global state of higher education and the rise of private finance
Higher education accountability for student learning
In-state tuition for undocumented immigrants: States' rights and educational opportunity
Student loans and public accountability
Trends in student aid 2007
The study of economic, informational, and cultural barriers to community college student transfer access at selective institutions: National estimates of transfer access and baccalaureate degree attainment at four-year colleges and universities
Opening doors to earning credentials: Changing courses - Instructional innovations that help low income students succeed in community college
SREB states lead the nation in Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate Programs
Project on student debt: State by state data
The postsecondary achievement of participants in dual enrollment: An analysis of student outcomes in two states
Federal Student Aid (FSA)
The College Dream: A Guide for Parents
Education watch California: Key facts and figures
Education watch Texas: Key education facts and figures 2004
Education watch Texas: Key education facts and figures 2006
Closing the gaps by 2015: The Texas higher education plan
The professional mentor program plus: An academic success and retention tool for adult learners
College: Making It Happen
Hacia Adelante - Pathways to College - A Guide for Latino Families
Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanic Americans Website and Secondary School Toolkit - English
The growing importance of inherited educational opportunity
Opening doors to earning credentials: Impressions of community college access and retention from low-wage workers