Grant aid increases degree completion, raising on-time completion by 2.4 and delayed completion by 2.5 percentage points in U.S. causal studies¶

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Evidence · 1 study (2 entries) · quant-synthesis r3 · q4
Currency · newest study 2018 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q4 i? Grant aid increases on-time degree completion by 2.4 percentage points. → Nguyen 2018 q4 i? Grant aid increases delayed degree completion by 2.5 percentage points. → 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

q4 · i? · quant-synthesis · r3

Random-effects meta-analysis of 20 U.S. on-time degree completion estimates from causal studies; the pooled estimate is that grant aid "increases on-time and delayed completion by 2.4 percentage points and 2.5 percentage points respectively." No standardized effect size is printed.

"In terms of degree completion, we find that grant aid increases on-time and delayed completion by 2.4 percentage points and 2.5 percentage points respectively with reasonably precise standard errors."

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

q4 · i? · quant-synthesis · r3

Same random-effects meta-analysis, delayed completion subgroup of 19 U.S. estimates; the pooled delayed-completion effect is 2.5 percentage points with reasonably precise standard errors, as printed in the same results sentence. No standardized effect size is printed.

"In terms of degree completion, we find that grant aid increases on-time and delayed completion by 2.4 percentage points and 2.5 percentage points respectively with reasonably precise standard errors."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

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