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Showing 1 to 18 of 18 for “"Student Financial Aid"”.
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Student financial aid : three essays
… consists of three essays covering aspects of student financial aid. The first and third chapters put emphasis on the use of preference estimation and centralized admission systems as a key ingredient to answer policy relevant questions. The second chapter deals with the labor market …
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Student financial aid: comparison by sector
… was threefold: (a) to determine the amount of student financial aid received by undergraduate students in targeted groups to see who benefits, (b) to identify a limited number of variables that account for a significant portion of differences in aid distribution, and (c) to examine alternative …
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Student financial aid at South African universities and technikons
… tertiary education in South Africa, a National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) is of great importance. Since the present NSFAS has insufficient funds and lacks a long-term plan, the objective of this study is to contribute to the development of proposals for a comprehensive, sustainable …
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A description of four state competitive scholarship programs of states which have membership in the Mid-West Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators
… scholarship directors and the eight college student financial aid directors.The review of related literature consisted of three parts: (1) the significance of the state scholarship programs, (2) the National Association of State Scholarship Programs, (3) federal student financial aid …
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An assessment of self-concept changes during first term attendance of students in a rural, Appalachian community college
… during the first term of attendance of 267 students in a rural, Appalachian community college was explored. Sixteen subscales of the Tennessee Self-Concept Scale (TSCS) were employed, in a pre-test/post-test design, as the indicator of change in self-concept. Students were stratified by …
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The influence of budget allocation by function on student retention of public community colleges in the sixteen states in the Southern Region Education Board
… resources in terms of government appropriations, student financial aid, and individual investment. This study follows the framework of Ryan (2004) and Gansemer-Topf and Schuh (2006) who successfully created models using the allocation of financial resources to predict graduation and retention …
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Impact of Financial Literacy and Financial Capability on Students' Self-Efficacy
<p>Low-income, first-generation college students experience unique obstacles in their pursuits of a college degree. One of the biggest stressors that exist within this population is financial stress which has led to money being the number one reason students do not persist to graduation. Despite …
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The proprietary school sector: a demographic and financial aid profile
… several questions concerning distribution of student financial aid in the proprietary school sector. The study was conducted in the Spring of 1989 using a Fall, 1986, nationally representative sample of 3,837 students attending less than two-year and two-year proprietary schools in the 50 …
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The Relationship between Financial Aid Type and Academic Success in a Public Two-Year College in Georgia
… whether there is a relationship between financial aid type and academic success in a public two-year institution in the state of Georgia. Financial assistance contributes significantly to higher education in the form of subsidy to the participants in higher education through student …
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Post-school education in an unequal society
… This means that, inter alia, inequalities in student access and success plague the sector despite strides made by the government to redress the educational and economic discrimination of the apartheid regime. In the substantive chapters of this dissertation, I explore inequalities in access, …
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A complex ecosystem: a grounded theory approach to understanding student lending in tertiary education
… such as basic education, healthcare and energy. Student loans are a solution that have been argued to be a more equitable and sustainable form of financing tertiary education but come with their own challenges. An ecosystem lens to tertiary student lending was applied due to the complex …
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Impact of new financial aid trend: attitudes and opinions
… the attitudes of administrators towards the new financial aid trend that was initiated by some well-endowed private universities, and its impact on colleges and universities. The study also explored personal attitudes towards need and merit based aid, and recommendations to improve students' …
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Financial literacy on college campuses and its relationship to student retention, completion, and debt
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Student Satisfaction with University Admissions and Financial Aid Services within Selected Organizational Structures
… structure of an institution's admissions and financial aid offices is related to student satisfaction with the quality of services provided by these offices. Procedure. Three institutions were identified as having different organizational structures of admissions and financial aid operations. …
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Factors Influencing the Timing of FASFA Application and the Impact of Late Filing on Student Finances
… increases. By lowering the cost of attendance, financial aid makes it possible for many students, especially those from low and middle-income families to attend college. FAFSA is the main instrument used in distributing financial assistance although completing the form is not an easy task. Each …
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Disparate impact? An explorative review of recent changes in federal financial aid and its impact on minority college student enrollment trends
… and the impact of seemingly race-neutral Federal Financial Aid laws on the rate of declining enrollment. Scholars and legislators have just begun to discuss the discriminatory effect, intentional or not, that these laws may cause for students, and may thus impact on the enrollment rates. At of the …
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Discovering and Assessing Desired Student Financial Services at East Tennessee State University.
… purpose of this study was to discover and assess student financial services delivered to students enrolled at East Tennessee State University. The research was undertaken for institutional self-improvement. The research explored changes that have occurred in student financial services in the …
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Financing hope: the impact of state and institutional financial aid on undocumented student persistence and success in Texas
This study examined how financial aid impacts undocumented college students in Texas by evaluating their (1) year-to-year persistence and (2) degree attainment within six years. Texas is one of five states that provide its undocumented residents both in-state tuition and financial aid. Its policy …