Tightened PLUS credit standards changed both financial aid and enrollment at HBCUs across the first two affected academic years¶

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Currency · newest study 2019 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i? The tightening of PLUS credit standards was followed by changes in both financial aid and enrollment at HBCUs in 2012-13 and 2013-14. → Matthew T. Johnson 2019

Evidence¶

Matthew T. Johnson 2019¶

Matthew T. Johnson, Julie Bruch, Brian Gill. (2019). Changes in HBCU Financial Aid and Student Enrollment After the Tightening of PLUS Credit Standards. Journal of Student Financial Aid, vol. 48, issue 2. https://www.mathematica.org/publications/changes-in-hbcu-financial-aid-and-student-enrollment-after-the-tightening-of-plus-credit-standards doi:10.55504/0884-9153.1627

q2 · i? · causal · r?

The study's overall design: institution-level data on financial aid and enrollment changes at HBCUs across 2012-13 and 2013-14, the first two academic years affected by the new credit standards. No effect size is printed.

"They use institution-level data to examine financial aid and enrollment changes in the first two academic years affected by the new credit standards (2012-13 and 2013-14)"

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• The larger enrollment decline at HBCUs corresponded to the larger decline in PLUS recipients at those institutions — related
• HBCU enrollment continued to decline in 2013-14 despite the partial rebound in PLUS loans — a narrower finding that bears on this claim
• Enrollment at HBCUs decreased more than enrollment at other institutions after the PLUS credit-standard tightening — related
• HBCUs experienced larger enrollment declines than other institutions after the PLUS tightening, particularly for first-year students — related
• Other types of federal financial aid did not fully make up for the decline in PLUS borrowing at HBCUs — related
• After the tightening of PLUS credit standards, both the share of PLUS participants and PLUS loan dollar amounts declined substantially at HBCUs — a narrower finding that bears on this claim
• PLUS loan volume at HBCUs declined substantially in 2012-13 after credit standards were tightened — a narrower finding that bears on this claim
• PLUS loans at HBCUs increased somewhat in 2013-14 after the Department of Education streamlined the PLUS appeals process — a narrower finding that bears on this claim
• The 2011 tightening of Parent PLUS credit standards sharply reduced PLUS access at HBCUs and cost them about $168 million — related