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Author(s):Gladieux, L., and Perna, L
Title:Borrowers who drop out: A neglected aspect of the college student loan trend
Source:http://www.highereducation.org/reports/borrowin...
Date:2005
Organization:The National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education
Short Description:Compares students who borrowed to pay for college and completed their degrees, with students that borrowed, but dropped out before degree completion.
Annotation:This report compares students who borrowed to pay for college and completed their degrees, with students that borrowed, but dropped out before degree completion. While half of the students examined borrowed to finance their postsecondary education, more than twenty percent of these students dropped out without completing their degrees, raising questions about the appropriateness of current methods of college financing
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Borrowing/Student Debt
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Earnings/Income
Financial Aid, Affordability, Tuition, and Costs
First Generation College Students
Low-Income Students
Policy

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A clear and present danger to institutional and student success: A training model for embedding student loan default aversion within strategic enrollment management
How America saves for college 2009: Sallie Mae's national study of students and parents
Stronger department of education oversight needed to help ensure only eligible students receive federal student aid
Loan forgiveness for public service employees
Promoting economic mobility by increasing postsecondary education
Rethinking the middleman: Federal student loan guarantee agencies
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
What does a college degree cost? Comparing approaches to measuring "cost per degree"
Too small to help: The plight of financially distressed private student loan borrowers
Outcomes of high impact practices for underserved students: A review of the literature
Cost, commitment, and attainment in higher education: An international comparison
Funding education beyond high school: The guide to federal student aid 2009-10
College access and success state data
Is college opportunity slipping away? Parents and the public voice concerns about higher education access and affordability
Loan forgivness for public service employees
Becoming credit-wise: What students (and you!) should know
Early and often: Designing a comprehensive system of financial aid information
Given half a chance: The Schott 50 state report on public education and black males
What are they and how do I use them? Strategies and tools to increase and improve filing of the federal Hope and Lifetime Learning education tax credits by low-income filers
In-state tuition for undocumented immigrants
New England Journal of Higher Education
Modeling Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs): Campus practices that work for Latino students
Tuition equity legislation: Investing in Colorado high school graduates through equal opportunity to postsecondary education
The effectiveness of student aid policies: What the research tells us
The Condition of Latinos in education: 2008 Factbook
The future of middle-skill jobs
Rewarding persistence: Effects of a performance-based scholarship program for low-income parents
The case for more attention to financial assistance for adult learners in Indiana who will need to seek Bachelor's degree completion at a distance
Official cohort default rates for schools
The impact of increases in Pell Grant awards on college-going among lower income youth: Results from a natural experiment
Funding education beyond high school: The guide to federal student aid 2009-10 (Spanish language version)
Squeeze play 2009: The public's views on college costs today
From assets to school outcomes: How finances shape children's perceived possibilities and intentions
StudentLoanJustice.org
Young lives on hold: The college dreams of undocumented students
Community college transfer and articulation policies: Looking beneath the surface
The other college: Retention and completion rates among two-year college students
A brief history of veterans' education benefits and their value
Science bound program (for Indianapolis public school students)
The iron triangle: College presidents talk about costs, access and quality
Big questions, practical answers: New strategies for setting and moving a higher education agenda
Federal Aid First (Spanish Version)
Pathways to boosting the earnings of low-income students by increasing their educational attainment
An overview of tax benefits for higher education expenses
A matter of trust: Ten key insights from recent public opinion research on attitudes about education among Hispanic parents
Confronting the "new" American dilemma: Underrepresented minorities in engineering: A data-based look at diversity (Executive Summary)
The status of African Americans in engineering: Confronting the "new" American dilemma
The learning communities demonstration: Rationale, sites, and research design
The fiscal impacts of college attainment
Creating change one step at a time: Efforts to improve college access and success in Indiana
Gateway to College
Despite surging endowments, high-ranking universities and colleges show disappointing results in enrolling low-income students
Promise lost: College-qualified students who don't enroll in college
Paving the way: How financial aid awareness affects college access and success
Cracking the books: Policy measures to contain textbook costs
Top ten state policy issues for higher education in 2009
Student Loan Borrower Assistance
Military service members and veterans in higher education: What the new GI Bill may mean for postsecondary institutions
Achieving the Dream Data Notes: Characteristics of students who stop out
Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS)
The 2008 amendments to the Higher Education Act: Are we on the right track?
Trends in college pricing 2009
Do Perceptions Matter Regarding the Costs and Benefits of a Post-Secondary Education?
“Why access matters” revisited: A review of the latest research
Easing the middle-class burden: An Examination of the implications of reducing parental contributions to post-secondary study
Investing in their future: A survey of student and parental support for learning
The price of knowledge: Access and student finance in Canada -- Third edition
Funding university education in Ontario: Ontario University applicant survey report
Student aid and university persistence - Does debt matter?
Canadian college student finances
High school dropouts and the economic losses from juvenile crime in California
Toward more inclusive college savings plans: Sample state legislation
The foreclosure generation: The long-term impact of the foreclosure crisis on Latino children and families
Lumina Foundation Focus: Off the charts: Columns of data provide support for student achievement
Child poverty and intergenerational mobility
Reaching higher: Strategic initiatives for higher education in Indiana (Updated 2010 Version)
Effective college access, persistence and completion programs and strategies for underrepresented student populations: Opportunities for scaling up
National Student Loan Data System (NSLDS) for Students
Effectiveness of fully online courses for college students: Response to a department of education meta-analysis
Southern Regional Education Board: Moving Ahead: State progress reports on Challenge to Lead goals
College and university commitments to student access and success: An overview of institutional postsecondary opportunity programs
Interview with Anthony P. Carnevale
Postsecondary education and training as we know it is not enough: Why we need to leaven postsecondary strategy with more attention to employment policy, social policy, and career and technical education in high school
Hispanics, high school dropouts, and the GED
Tuition-setting authority and deregulation at state colleges and universities
Dollars and sense: How "career first" programs like Year Up benefit youth and employers
College readiness issue brief: Early commitment of financial aid: Individual development accounts (IDAs) for higher education
Paying for college: Students from middle-income backgrounds
Squeeze play 2010: Continued public anxiety on cost, harsher judgements on how colleges are run
Promising practices: What works in the midwest: A report from the Wisconsin Center for the Advancement of Postsecondary Education (WISCAPE)
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)
Special populations: Tips for completing the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA)
Higher education performance funding 2.0 - Funding degrees (tip sheet)
Student loan forgiveness programs: An evolving workforce development tool
The price of knowledge: Access and student finance in Canada
Post-secondary access and student financial aid in Canada: Current knowledge and research gaps
ACE Online Information Center
Student debt and the class of 2008
Providing effective financial aid assistance to students from foster care and unaccompanied homeless youth
Trends in student financing of undergraduate education: Selected years, 1995-96 to 2007-08
Beyond basic skills: State strategies to connect low-skilled students to an employer-valued postsecondary education
Tuition fees and student financial assistance: 2010 Global year in review
The (un)productivity of American higher education: From cost "dis-ease"to cost effectiveness
Introduction to the Community College Research Center (CCRC) assessment of evidence series
Online learning: Does it help low-income and underprepared students?
The return on the federal investment in for-profit education: Debt without a diploma
Easy come - EZ-GO: A federal role in removing jurisdictional impediments to college education
Lumina Foundation focus: The cost quandary: Hard times intensify the nation's urgent need for college graduates
Winning by degrees: The strategies of highly productive higher-education institutions
Class differences: Online education in the United States, 2010
Divided we fail in LA: Improving completion and closing racial gaps in the Los Angeles community college district
Are you gainfully employed? Setting standards for for-profit degrees
Distinct subgroups of former foster youth during young adulthood: Implications for policy and practice
Postsecondary institutions and price of attendance in the United States: Fall 2009 and degrees and other awards conferred: 2008-09, and 12-month enrollment 2008-09
No time to waste: Policy recommendations for increasing college completion
A decade of undergraduate student aid: 1989-90 to 1999-2000
FAFSA: Free Application for Federal Student Aid
Federal Student Aid (FSA)
Institutional Student Profiles Fall 2006 for the State of Alabama
College Access: Indiana
Choosing Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSIs): A closer look at Latino students college choices
Gates Millenium Scholars Program
Project on student debt: State by state data
Cashing in or cashing out: Tools for measuring the effectiveness and outcomes of financial aid events
State grant aid and it's effects on students' college choices
Colleges and universities expand efforts to improve access and affordability
How the borrowing process works
Financial Literacy for You (FLY)
National study of student support services. Third-year longitudinal study results and program implementation study update
Manchester College: Fast forward program
College Board scholarship search
2007-08 Directory of colleges cooperating with the SAT program fee-waiver service
Economic mobility of black and white families
Graduation rate watch: Making minority student success a priority
The money manual: A personal finance guide from the Hispanic Scholarship Fund
Federal requirements for homeschoolers seeking college admission and financial aid
Lottery funded merit scholarships: Some lessons from the Florida Bright Futures Scholarship program
National Urban League Scholarships
American Indian Education Foundation: Tools for success scholarship handbook
Sallie Mae: First in my family scholarship
Federal student aid need analysis: Background and selected simplification issues
Alliance Bernstein College Savings Crunch
Parents are too optimistic about scholarships
Fact book bulletin: Latest data confirms a college affordability gap for students from middle- and lower-income families
How much debt is too much? Definting benchmarks for manageable student debt
Digest of Education Statistics
Back to school: Federal student aid policy and adult college enrollment
Update: State policies regarding in-state tuition for undocumented students
Access to college: The role of tuition, financial aid, scholastic preparation and college supply in public college enrollments
Returning to our roots: Student access
Repayment frequently asked questions
Financial aid glossary: Some terms you may enounter on the road
Who's left behind? Immigrant children in high and low LEP schools
Costs, prices, and affordability
Engaging students, challenging the odds
Improving educational opportunties for students who work
College grants on a postcard: A proposal for simple and predictable federal student aid
Career development in context: Selected trends in education, economics, labor, and society
Building pathways to success for low-skill adult students: Lessons for community college policy and practice from a longitudinal student tracking study
Straight from the source: What works for first-generation college students
Student aid and tax benefits: Better research and guidance will facilitate comparison of effectiveness and student use
Student financing of undergraduate education: 1999-2000
What colleges contribute: Institutional aid to full-time undergraduates attending four-year colleges and universities
Public attitudes on higher education
Foster youth: Tips for completing the FAFSA (2008-09)
Undocumented immigrant students: A very brief overview of access to higher education in California
U.S. Department of Education: The Hope Scholarship and Lifetime Learning Credit
In state tuition for undocumented immigrants
Policies in sync: Appropriations, tuition, and financial aid in higher education
Financing higher education
Education as crime prevention: Reinstating Pell Grant eligibility for the incarcerated
A closer look at the President's proposal for changes in student assistance
Basic facts about in-state tuition for undocumented immigrant students
An overview of higher education in the United States: Diversity, access, and the role of the marketplace
Just and efficient college finance
Pell Grant recipients in selective colleges and universities
Who should we help? The negative social consequences of merit aid scholarships
State merit scholarship programs and racial inequality
Empty promises: The myth of college access in America
The student aid gauntlet: Making access to college simple and certain
2003 status report on the Pell grant program
Responding to the crisis in college opportunity
Network news: Focus on finance policy, access, and affordability
The policy of choice: Expanding student options in higher education
Collision course: Rising college costs threaten America’s future and require shared solutions
Held back: How student aid programs fail working adults
Student debt levels continue to rise: Stafford indebtedness: 1999 update
Lumina Foundation focus: Restricted access: The doors to higher education remain closed to many deserving students
Student loan forbearance and its relationship to default
A deficit of understanding: Confronting the funding crisis in higher education and the threat to low-income and minority access
Getting ready to pay for college: What students and their parents know about the cost of college tuition and what they are doing to find out
Preserving access with excellence: Financing for rural community colleges
NSLDS student access: National sudent loan data system
Income contingent repayment plan
Measuring up 2006 state report card on education: Indiana
Postsecondary Education English Spanish Glossary
Critical postsecondary education issues in Indiana
Documenting the shift to merit
Tuition discounting: Not just a private college practice
Cashing in on the GI bill
Doors of opportunity opening or closing: We are using tax credits and tuition discounts to appease middle-class voters instead of expanding educational opportunity
NDSFA: State financial aid and college access
NDSFA: The financial aid partnership
Placing college graduation rates in context: How 4-Year college graduation rates vary with selectivity and the size of low-income enrollment
Trends in college pricing 2006
Opening doors: Promoting student success in community college and beyond
Recession, retrenchment, and recovery: State higher education funding and student financial aid
Increasing the achievement of Native American youth at early college high schools
College planning center
Institutional grants and baccalaureate degree attainment
Twenty-first Century Scholars Program
Diversity and persistence in Indiana higher education: The impact of preparation, major choices, and financial aid
Life after high school: Young people talk about their hopes and prospects
Access and persistence: Summer 2005
Educational needs index
Bridging the gap: Academic preparation and postsecondary success of first generation students
Advisory committee on student financial assistance
Net price to family for dependent and independent undergraduate students by institutional type/control and parental income quartiles, 2004
Presidential leadership for public policy: A special report by the National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education
Improving community college success
Education and the economy: Boosting state and national economies by improving high school graduation rates
Proposal for standardization of financial aid award letters and net price calculators
A grounded theory of adult student persistence
Driving innovation: How six states are organizing to improve outcomes in developmental education
Postsecondary and labor force transitions among public high school career and technical education participants
Adding it all up: An early look at net price calculators
The educational experience of young men of color: Federal legal implications and policy guidance
Single mothers and college success: Charting paths out of poverty
Loan forgiveness for specialized instructional support personnel (including school counselors) frequently asked questions
The distribution of grants and scholarships by race
Unequal aid: Discriminatory treatment of gay and transgender applicants and families headed by same-sex couples in the higher education financial aid process
Farther, faster: Six promising programs show how career pathway bridges help basic skills students earn credentials that matter
Unlocking doors and expanding opportunity: Moving beyond the limiting reality of college and career readiness in California high schools
The relevance of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in the college completion agenda
Time is the enemy: The surprising truth about why today's college students aren't graduating... And what needs to change
The road ahead: A look at trends in the educational attainment of community college students
Providing effective financial aid assistance to students from foster care and unaccompanied homeless youth: A key to higher education access and success: Version 2.0
Cheap for whom? How much education costs taxpayers
Net tuition and net price trends in the United States: 2000-2009
Black male student success in higher education: A report from the national black male college achievement study
Pathways to success: Integrating learning with life and work to increase national college completion
Building pathways to transfer: Community colleges that break the chain of failure for students of color
What explains trends in labor supply among U.S. undergraduates, 1970-2009?
The economic value of opportunity youth
Sending veterans to school: Fast facts on the post-9/11 GI Bill
Borrowers on hold: Student loan collection agency complaint systems need massive improvement
Beyond need and merit: Strengthening state grant programs
Valuable learning or "spinning their wheels"?: Understanding excess credits earned by community college associate degree completers
Certificates: Gateway to gainful employment and college degrees
Finding your workforce: The top 25 institutions graduating Latinos in health professions and related programs by academic level
Rethinking higher education business models: Steps toward a disruptive innovation approach to understanding and improving higher education outcomes
Dramatically bringing down the cost of education with OER: How open education resources unlock the door to free learning
Beyond the master plan: The case for restructuring baccalaureate education in California
How America pays for college 2011
National student aid profile: Overview of 2012 federal programs
Consumer guide to changes in Federal Pell grants and student loans for 2012-13
MPI updates national and state level estimates of potential DREAM Act beneficiaries
Trends in public higher education: Enrollment, prices, student aid, revenues and expenditures
How America pays for college 2012
Is college affordable? In search of a meaningful definition
Annual report of the CFPB student loan ombusman
Middle skills jobs and the growing importance of postsecondary education
Ahead of the curve: State success in the developmental education initiative
The missing "one-offs": The hidden supply of high achieving, low-income students
The economic benefits of postsecondary degrees: A state and national level analysis