Grant aid programs bundling additional academic or social supports show larger persistence and completion effects than aid alone¶

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Evidence · 1 study (2 entries) · quant-synthesis r3 · q3
Currency · newest study 2018 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q3 i? For year-to-year persistence, the effect size for programs with additional treatment is nearly doubled relative to the overall estimate. → Nguyen 2018 q3 i? For on-time and delayed completion, estimates for programs with additional treatment are more than 50 percent higher than the overall estimates. → Nguyen 2018 (2)

Evidence¶

Nguyen 2018¶

Nguyen, T.D., Kramer, J.W., & Evans, B.J. (2018). The Effects of Grant Aid on Student Persistence and Degree Attainment: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of the Causal Evidence (CEPA Working Paper No. 18-04). Stanford Center for Education Policy Analysis. http://cepa.stanford.edu/wp18-04

q3 · i? · quant-synthesis · r3

Subgroup (moderator) analysis of year-to-year persistence studies in the random-effects meta-analysis (Table 3); studies whose programs added supports such as faculty advising showed an effect size "nearly doubled" relative to the overall estimate. Subgroup, not meta-regression.

"In terms of additional treatment, we find that the effect size is nearly doubled suggesting that both aid and the other forms of support such as faculty advising, peer support, or academic support have substantial effects on postsecondary persistence."

Nguyen 2018 (2)¶

Nguyen, T.D., Kramer, J.W., & Evans, B.J. (2018). The Effects of Grant Aid on Student Persistence and Degree Attainment: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of the Causal Evidence (CEPA Working Paper No. 18-04). Stanford Center for Education Policy Analysis. http://cepa.stanford.edu/wp18-04

q3 · i? · quant-synthesis · r3

Subgroup analysis of degree completion studies (Table 4); programs with additional treatments showed on-time and delayed completion estimates "more than 50 percent higher than the overall estimates," reinforcing the persistence moderator result. No standardized effect size is printed.

"In terms of additional treatment, the estimates for both on-time and delayed completion for studies with additional treatment are more than 50 percent higher than the overall estimates, which reinforces our earlier results in Table 3 indicating that additional supports likely help students to persist and complete their degrees."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

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