Report Ties State Aid to Improved Graduation Rates

By Eric Hoover. Report: “Examining the Role of the State: Need-Based Grants and Their Effect on Student Persistence and Degree Completion”

Author: Ray Franke, an assistant professor of higher education at the University of Massachusetts at Boston

Summary: Although other researchers have looked at how students benefit educationally from federal or institutional aid based on need, few researchers have specifically examined how need-based state aid helps its recipients’ prospects for college completion. More...