Statement of Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary Education Sally L. Stroup: On the Bush Administration's Proposal to Fully Fund the Federal Pell Grant Program

2004 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keyword(s):  
Postsecondary Education ◽  
Pell Grant ◽  
Grant Program

Determinants of Postsecondary Education Attendance: Some Implications of Alternative Specifications of Enrollment

1988 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 171-185 ◽  
Author(s):  
James C. Hearn
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Postsecondary Education ◽  
Pell Grant ◽  
Policy Studies ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
Grant Program ◽  
School Graduation ◽  
Policy Impacts ◽  
Aid Programs ◽  
Definition Of

This paper proposes four defensible alternative definitions of “postsecondary education attendance,” then uses data for 1980 high school seniors to examine influences on attendance under each of the definitions. The results suggest that these influences vary somewhat, depending upon the enrollment definition one chooses. For example, the findings suggest that studies focusing solely upon a traditional definition of enrollment (e.g., entry into a two- or four-year institution immediately after high school graduation) may overstate the limiting effects of socioeconomic factors on overall enrollment, and may also understate the positive effects of being female. Some policy studies make recommendations on the basis of analysis using traditional enrollment definitions, even though such definitions are much more restricted than those of the major financial aid programs (e.g., the Federal Pell Grant program). The findings of the present study suggest that such studies may misspecify policy impacts. The implications of these results are discussed.

scholarly journals Money for Nothing? The Impact of Changes in the Pell Grant Program on Institutional Revenues and the Placement of Needy Students

2007 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 228-261 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bradley R. Curs ◽  
Larry D. Singell ◽  
Glen R. Waddell
Keyword(s):  
Policy Instruments ◽  
Institutional Quality ◽  
Elastic Response ◽  
Pell Grant ◽  
Federal Aid ◽  
Institutional Level ◽  
Grant Program ◽  
Level Data ◽  
Institutional Selectivity ◽  
The Impact

Using new institutional-level data, we assess the impact of changing federal aid levels on institutional-level Pell revenues. Using various policy instruments associated with Pell generosity, we quantify the sensitivity of institutional Pell revenues to the generosity of the Pell Grant program. In general, we find an elastic response of institutional Pell revenues with respect to the maximum Pell award, where other policy instruments associated with Pell generosity are found to have an inelastic or zero impact. We also document significant asymmetries across institutional selectivity, both in magnitude and in terms of which channel accounts for the measured sensitivity—award values directly or institutional enrollment. In the end, exogenous changes in the federal Pell Grant program are found to correlate strongly with changes in the distribution of needy students and revenues across institutional quality.

Expanding Enrollments and Contracting State Budgets

2013 ◽  
Vol 650 (1) ◽  
pp. 168-193 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew Barr ◽  
Sarah E. Turner
Keyword(s):  
Postsecondary Education ◽  
Great Recession ◽  
The United States ◽  
Pell Grant ◽  
State Budget ◽  
Cost Shifting ◽  
The Great Recession ◽  
Budget Support ◽  
State Budgets ◽  
Student Demand

The Great Recession heightened a growing conflict in the United States between expanding enrollments in postsecondary education and contracting public budget support. Weak labor market conditions during the Great Recession encouraged college enrollments, with much of the increase in enrollment occurring outside the most selective institutions. While federal aid policies, including the Pell grant, became more generous, dramatic reductions in state budget allocations made it difficult for colleges and universities to maintain programming and accommodate student demand. As a result, the Great Recession has accelerated the cost-shifting from public subsidies to individual payments in higher education.

Institutional Characteristics and Bachelor’s Degree Completion of Pell Grant Recipients

2019 ◽  
pp. 152102511989293
Author(s):  
Jeremy Wright-Kim ◽  
Laura W. Perna ◽  
Roman Ruiz
Keyword(s):  
Postsecondary Education ◽  
Degree Completion ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Structural Characteristics ◽  
Negative Relationship ◽  
Bachelor's Degree ◽  
Pell Grant ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Completion Rates ◽  
Full Time Equivalent

This study uses data from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System and Delta Cost Project to identify institutional predictors of bachelor’s degree completion rates for Pell Grant recipients and nonrecipients at public and private not-for-profit 4-year institutions. Descriptive analyses show that Pell recipients are relatively concentrated in institutions with demographic and structural characteristics associated with lower completion rates, including lower SAT scores, enrollment, and residential intensity. Multivariate analyses show that controlling for demographic and structural characteristics explains the observed negative relationship between an institution’s representation of Pell Grant recipients and its completion rates for Pell recipients. At public 4-year institutions, per full-time equivalent expenditures on instruction and institutional grants are positively related to Pell completion rates, while net price for low-income students is negatively related, after controlling for demographic and structural characteristics.

Starfish Mini-Grant Program

2003 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 35-36
Author(s):  
Barbara J. Ehren
Keyword(s):  
Grant Program

Another Call: Starfish Mini-Grant Program

2002 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 28-29
Author(s):  
Barbara J. Ehren
Keyword(s):  
Grant Program
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