Financial Aid for Community College Students

Using matched education–wage state data, this project examined the academic and labor market effects of receiving financial aid, including aid from major federal programs such as Pell grants and Stafford loans. This study answered the need for more evidence on the effect of financial aid on college performance, persistence, and completion for community college students, and it was one of the few studies to generate evidence regarding future labor market outcomes of financial aid.

Project Lead

Judith Scott-Clayton, CCRC

Research Findings

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By the Numbers: Financial Aid

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The Impact of Pell Grant Eligibility on Community College Students’ Financial Aid Packages, Labor Supply, and Academic Outcomes

Working Paper

Performance Requirements in Need-Based Aid: What Roles Do They Serve, and Do They Work?

Brief

Performance Standards in Need-Based Student Aid

Working Paper | Journal Article

Denying Loan Access: The Student-Level Consequences When Community Colleges Opt Out of the Stafford Loan Program

Working Paper

Pell Grants as Performance-Based Aid? An Examination of Satisfactory Academic Progress Requirements in the Nation’s Largest Need-Based Aid Program

Working Paper | Journal Article

Center for Analysis of Postsecondary Education and Employment, Teachers College, Columbia University

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The Center for Analysis of Postsecondary Education and Employment was established in the summer of 2011 through a grant (R305C110011) from the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) of the U.S. Department of Education.

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