The increasing tension between the perceived necessity of a college degree and the
challenge of paying for it has led to a proliferation of financial aid policy in the United States …

Despite high prices, many college students do not re-file the Free Application for Federal
Student Aid (FAFSA) or file late, making college less affordable. Low-cost technological …

We study the effects of financial aid on human capital and social mobility. In 2014, Colombia
implemented a nationwide financial aid program covering the tuition of four-year …

We examine the effect of a last-dollar “free community college” program on college credit
accumulation, college completion, and medium-term labor-market outcomes. Knox Achieves …

This study provides causal evidence on the short-term impacts of the Free Teacher
Education scholarship (FTE), a service scholarship for teacher candidates in China, on …

I use rich administrative data and several quasi-experiments in Texas to study which
students benefit most from college grant aid and why. For" extensive-margin" students, grant …

Abstract The Pell Grant, while offering substantial financial support for low-income students
pursuing higher education, historically covered only the costs of two full-time semesters per …

In this chapter, we interrogate issues of access and equity in US higher education by
reviewing a wide range of texts that take a historical or longitudinal view of issues related to …

The general problem to be addressed by the current study is the increasing
percentage/count of dropouts of non-traditional students from online college degree …

Generally, need-based financial aid improves students' academic outcomes. However, the
largest source of need-based grant aid in the United States, the Federal Pell Grant Program …