Should Student Employment Be Subsidized? Conditional Counterfactuals and the Outcomes of Work-Study Participation
Using two waves of the Beginning Postsecondary Student survey, this paper provides the first national estimates of the effect of the Federal Work-Study program on students’ academic and labor market outcomes.
Demographic and Academic Characteristics of Pell Grant Recipients at Community Colleges
Findings from this paper suggest that while Pell recipients at community colleges have a stronger academic focus than non-Pell recipients, they may be taking more time to complete a credential than is prudent.
Redesigning the Pell Grant Program for the Twenty-First Century
In this discussion paper, the authors argue that the time has come to comprehensively redesign the Pell program, and they propose three major structural reforms to the Pell Grant program.
Financial Aid Policy: Lessons From Research
This article reviews the evidence on various student aid programs and their effects on college enrollment, persistence, and completion and discusses the implications of these findings for aid policy.
The Academic Consequences of Employment for Students Enrolled in Community College
This study examines the effects of student employment on academic outcomes, using a dataset that combines students’ transcripts with earning records from the Unemployment Insurance system.