HOPE for community college students: The impact of merit aid on persistence, graduation, and earnings

Jilleah G. Welch

Economics of Education Review, 2014, vol. 43, issue C, 1-20

Abstract: Community colleges play a major role in postsecondary education, yet previous research has emphasized the impact of merit aid on four-year students rather than two-year students. Furthermore, researchers have focused on the impact of merit aid on enrollment and outcomes during college, but to my knowledge, none have yet considered the impact of aid on earnings after college. This paper utilizes discontinuities in eligibility criteria for a large merit scholarship to examine the local impact of aid on student outcomes both during college and after college. The findings suggest that reducing the cost of community college does not impact persistence, academic performance, degree completion, expected earnings, or short-term earnings after college for marginally eligible students.

Keywords: Education policy; Higher education; Financial aid; Community college (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H75 I22 I23 J08 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1016/j.econedurev.2014.08.001

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