 Aid for all: College coaching, financial aid, and post-secondary persistence in TennesseeCeleste Carruthers and William Fox No 2015-06, Working Papers from University of Tennessee, Department of Economics Abstract: Beginning with the high school class of 2015, Tennessee Promise will provide college coaching and last-dollar aid to every high school graduate making a seamless transition to community college. We examine the program that preceded this effort and evaluate its potential effect on college-going and college persistence. Knox Achieves originated in Knox County, Tennessee with the class of 2009. Eligibility was neither need-based nor merit-based, negating some of the application hurdles that accompany other aid vehicles. We find that program participation is strongly associated with an increased likelihood of graduating from high school and enrolling directly in college, albeit with a modestly lower chance of starting in a four-year college. The evidence suggests that aid per se is not the only lever by which Knox Achieves worked: college enrollment and college credit gains are largest among lower-income students who likely saw little to no scholarship aid from the program. Keywords: Higher education; Financial aid; College enrollment; College persistence; College coaching; Tennessee (search for similar items in EconPapers) Published in Economics of Education Review, vol. 51(C), pages 97-112 There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it. Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:ten:wpaper:2015-06 Access Statistics for this paper More papers in Working Papers from University of Tennessee, Department of Economics Contact information at EDIRC. |
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