Financial aid policy: Lessons from research

S Dynarski, J Scott-Clayton - 2013 - nber.org
In the nearly fifty years since the adoption of the Higher Education Act of 1965, financial aid
programs have grown in scale, expanded in scope, and multiplied in form. As a result …

Should governments invest more in nudging?

S Benartzi, J Beshears, KL Milkman… - Psychological …, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
Governments are increasingly adopting behavioral science techniques for changing
individual behavior in pursuit of policy objectives. The types of “nudge” interventions that …

A unified welfare analysis of government policies

N Hendren, B Sprung-Keyser - The Quarterly Journal of …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
We conduct a comparative welfare analysis of 133 historical policy changes over the past
half-century in the United States, focusing on policies in social insurance, education and job …

Studying college access and choice: A proposed conceptual model

LW Perna - Higher education: Handbook of theory and research, 2006 - Springer
The student financial aid programs that were authorized under Title IV of the Higher
Education Act were intended to ensure that inadequate financial resources would not limit …

[BOOK][B] The submerged state: How invisible government policies undermine American democracy

S Mettler - 2011 - books.google.com
“Keep your government hands off my Medicare!” Such comments spotlight a central question
animating Suzanne Mettler's provocative and timely book: why are many Americans …

[BOOK][B] Soldiers to citizens: The GI Bill and the making of the greatest generation

S Mettler - 2007 - books.google.com
" A hell of a gift, an opportunity."" Magnanimous."" One of the greatest advantages I ever
experienced." These are the voices of World War II veterans, lavishing praise on their …

[BOOK][B] Degrees of inequality: How the politics of higher education sabotaged the American dream

S Mettler - 2014 - books.google.com
America's higher education system is failing its students. In the space of a generation, we
have gone from being the best-educated society in the world to one surpassed by eleven …

[BOOK][B] Degrees of inequality: Culture, class, and gender in American higher education

AL Mullen - 2011 - books.google.com
2011 Educator's Award. Delta Kappa Gamma Society International2011 Outstanding
Publication in Postsecondary Education, American Educational Research Association …

Expanding enrollments and contracting state budgets: The effect of the Great Recession on higher education

A Barr, SE Turner - The ANNALS of the American Academy …, 2013 - journals.sagepub.com
The Great Recession heightened a growing conflict in the United States between expanding
enrollments in postsecondary education and contracting public budget support. Weak labor …

[PDF][PDF] Do and should financial aid packages affect students' college choices?

C Avery, CM Hoxby - College choices: The economics of where to go …, 2004 - nber.org
The authors are affiliated, respectively, with the John F. Kennedy School of Government and
the Department of Economics, Harvard University. The authors gratefully thank Andrew …