scholarly journals How Big is the Ballpark? Assessing Variation in Grant Aid Awards within Net Price Calculator Student Profiles

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-19
Author(s):  
Aaron M. Anthony ◽  
Lindsay C. Page
Keyword(s):  
School Grade ◽  
Prospective Students ◽  
Student Aid ◽  
Grade Point ◽  
Postsecondary Institution ◽  
Percentage Points ◽  
Online Tools ◽  
Student Profiles ◽  
To Receive ◽  
Unexplained Variation

Abstract Net Price Calculators (NPCs) are online tools designed to increase transparency in college pricing by presenting students with individualized estimates of net prices to attend a given postsecondary institution. The federal template NPC predicts identical aid awards for similarly-profiled students attending the same institution. Using the 2012 National Postsecondary Student Aid Survey, we use regression analysis to assess variation in actual financial aid awards among students predicted by the federal template NPC to receive identical awards. We find estimated aid, derived from the federal template NPC, accounts for 70 percent of the variation in actual grant aid received by students. We then consider modifications to the federal template NPC that include an additional upper income bracket option and indicators of both high school grade point average and Free Application for Federal Student Aid filing time. These modifications explain an additional 16 percentage points, or more than half, of the unexplained variation in actual grant aid awards across all institutional sectors. These findings are especially relevant as legislators consider policy efforts to bring greater transparency to college cost and pricing, including creating a universal NPC in which prospective students can enter information once to receive net price estimates at any institution.

University Dropout

2008 ◽  
Vol 29 (3) ◽  
pp. 134-147 ◽  
Author(s):  
Manuel C. Voelkle ◽  
Nicolas Sander
Keyword(s):  
Grade Point Average ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Unobserved Heterogeneity ◽  
School Grade ◽  
Grade Point ◽  
High School Grade ◽  
Hands On ◽  
University Dropout ◽  
The Individual ◽  
A Prospective Study

University dropout is a politically and economically important factor. While a number of studies address this issue cross-sectionally by analyzing different cohorts, or retrospectively via questionnaires, few of them are truly longitudinal and focus on the individual as the unit of interest. In contrast to these studies, an individual differences perspective is adopted in the present paper. For this purpose, a hands-on introduction to a recently proposed structural equation (SEM) approach to discrete-time survival analysis is provided ( Muthén & Masyn, 2005 ). In a next step, a prospective study with N = 1096 students, observed across four semesters, is introduced. As expected, average university grade proved to be an important predictor of future dropout, while high-school grade-point average (GPA) yielded no incremental predictive validity but was completely mediated by university grade. Accounting for unobserved heterogeneity, three latent classes could be identified with differential predictor-criterion relations, suggesting the need to pay closer attention to the composition of the student population.

scholarly journals Grit and Academic Performance in Doctor of Physical Therapy Students

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Scott Richardson ◽  
Michael Scotto ◽  
MayAnne Belcina ◽  
Richa Patel ◽  
Kevin Wiener
Keyword(s):  
Physical Therapy ◽  
Grade Point Average ◽  
Graduate School ◽  
Preliminary Evidence ◽  
Physical Therapy Students ◽  
School Grade ◽  
Convenience Sample ◽  
Grade Point ◽  
Doctor Of Physical Therapy ◽  
Therapy Program

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine whether a physical therapy student’s level of grit positively correlates to graduate school grade point average. Methods: Participants were a convenience sample recruited from the class of 2021 in the Doctor of Physical Therapy program at Franklin Pierce University in Goodyear, Arizona. Subjects completed the Short Grit Scale (Grit-S) as a measure of grit. These scores were compared with participants’ graduate school grade point average using a Spearman Rho statistical test with data analysis completed using SPSS software. Results: 27 participants (15 males, 12 females) with mean grit score of 3.76 ± 0.48 and mean grade point average 3.72 ± 0.18. Spearman Rho correlation was .463 (p < .05). Conclusion: A significant moderate positive correlation between grit and graduate school grade point average in physical therapy students was found. These findings indicate preliminary evidence that may be useful for admissions considerations for DPT programs.

Research Insights: How Digital Tools Increase Access to Government Services and Social Programs through On-time Renewals of IDs

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Angela Reyes ◽  
Benjamin Roseth ◽  
Diego A. Vera-Cossio
Keyword(s):  
User Experience ◽  
Digital Tools ◽  
Social Programs ◽  
Government Services ◽  
Percentage Points ◽  
Sms Reminders ◽  
To Receive

Sending SMS reminders increased the probability of on-time renewals of IDs by 12 percentage points, while also allowing citizens to renew their IDs online only increased renewals by 8 percentage points. Providing an online option (instead of in-person renewals) was less effective due to a poor user experience with the online procedure. The poorest individuals who received reminders were also more likely to receive transfers from an emergency in-kind transfer delivered through digital vouchers.

Evaluation criteria versus firm characteristics as determinants of public R&D funding

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin Thomas Falk ◽  
Roger Svensson
Keyword(s):  
Firm Size ◽  
Small Firms ◽  
Evaluation Criteria ◽  
Knowledge Gain ◽  
Firm Characteristics ◽  
Firm Level ◽  
Acceptance Probability ◽  
Percentage Points ◽  
Evaluation Scores ◽  
To Receive

Abstract This study provides new empirical evidence regarding the relevance of evaluation criteria and firm characteristics for public R&D funding decisions. The database used contains both accepted and rejected R&D project proposals, project evaluation scores, and several firm characteristics. The probit estimations show that proposals with high scores on innovative content, spillover, and knowledge gain are significantly more likely to be approved and that most firm-level characteristics are not significant, except for firm size. For example, good or very good assessments of innovative content raise the acceptance probability by between 18 and 37 percentage points, respectively. Small firms are more likely to receive a grant.

Comparison of Two Administration Times for the Remote Associates Test

1969 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 507-510 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martha T. Mednick ◽  
Sharon K. Halpern
Keyword(s):  
Graduate Students ◽  
Graduate School ◽  
Grade Point Averages ◽  
School Grade ◽  
Graduate Nurses ◽  
Grade Point ◽  
Heterogeneous Samples ◽  
Administration Time ◽  
Remote Associates Test ◽  
Miller Analogies Test

The Remote Associates Test (RAT) was administered to 41 graduate students in psychology and 26 graduate nurses; 30-min. and 40-min. scores were obtained from all Ss. Miller Analogies Test scores and graduate school grade point averages were available on most Ss. No significant change in the correlation between GPA and RAT resulted from shortened administration time, although the slight change was in the direction of a more positive relationship. Decreased administration time significantly raised the correlation between RAT and MAT for a heterogeneous group, but not for the more homogeneous group. With a decrease in administration time 22 to 27% of Ss fell in different thirds of the distribution than they did with the longer time limit. Shortening the administration period to 30 min. is unwise, particularly for heterogeneous samples.

Relationship of Rigidity to Academic Achievement and Occupational Choice of Accounting Students

1976 ◽  
Vol 38 (3) ◽  
pp. 711-721 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sara H. Dinius ◽  
Sherwood C. McIntyre
Keyword(s):  
Grade Point Average ◽  
Occupational Choice ◽  
Statistical Significance ◽  
Demographic Data ◽  
Accounting Students ◽  
School Grade ◽  
Grade Point ◽  
High School Grade ◽  
Average High School ◽  
Relationship Of

250 university students were administered the “Einstellung” Water Jug Test. College grade point average, high school grade point average and American College Testing Program scores were collected for 184 of the subjects. Six measurements from the Einstellung test were analyzed to determine their power to (1) discriminate accounting majors from non-accounting majors (majors) and (2) discriminate students who were successful in accounting from those who were not (success). Two measurements significantly discriminated subjects by major and four measurements discriminated subjects by success. Three measurements from the Einstellung test were intercorrelated with the demographic data; nine of the correlations showed statistical significance. A multiple correlation, in which success was the criterion and the eight measures the predictors, showed a multiple R = .640. It was concluded that the addition of the Einstellung test to a traditional testing battery will raise the level of the “predictive plateau.”

Nontraditional and Traditional Student Persisters and Nonpersisters in the Community and Technical College

1984 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 47-57 ◽  
Author(s):  
ALAN D. SMITH ◽  
MICHAEL N. SUGARMAN
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
High School ◽  
Nontraditional Students ◽  
Grade Point Average ◽  
Technical College ◽  
School Grade ◽  
Grade Point ◽  
Community And Technical College ◽  
High School Grade ◽  
The University

A study was conducted with Community and Technical College students enrolled at the University of Akron, a major urban university, during the 1978–1979 academic year. Students were divided into traditional and nontraditional persisters and nonpersisters, and if they were placed on academic probation, they were removed from the study. These students were given modified National Center for Higher Education Management Systems (NCHEMS) questionnaires for program completers and noncompleters. The questions tested for varying degrees of satisfaction with the University and reasons for withdrawal concerning various academic, socioeconomic, and environmental press variables. In addition, selected demographic variables from the student masterfile were tested, along with the questionnaire responses in 99 research hypotheses using multiple linear regression and corrected for multiple comparisons. Results indicate that 13 hypotheses were found to significantly discriminate between traditional and nontraditional community college students. The persisting nontraditional students appeared to be more satisfied with the University concerning a few variables, greater proportion attended part-time, during the day, enrolled for less hours, and had a greater high school grade point average than their traditional counterparts. The nonpersisting, nontraditional students were similar to their persisting counterparts, except that traditional nonpersisting students had a higher high school grade point average, lived at greater distances from the school, and attended day time classes as compared to nontraditional students.

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