WWC Quick Review of the Report "Rewarding Persistence: Effects of a Performance-Based Scholarship Program for Low-Income Parents"

2009 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Low Income ◽  
Scholarship Program ◽  
A Performance

Rewarding Persistence: Effects of a Performance-Based Scholarship Program for Low-Income Parents

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lashawn Richburg Hayes ◽  
Thomas Brock ◽  
Allen LeBlanc ◽  
Christina H. Paxson ◽  
Cecilia E. Rouse ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Low Income ◽  
Scholarship Program ◽  
A Performance

Competitive Impacts of Means-Tested Vouchers on Public School Performance: Evidence from Louisiana

2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 66-91 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna J. Egalite ◽  
Jonathan N. Mills
Keyword(s):  
Public Schools ◽  
School Choice ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Private School ◽  
Fixed Effects ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
First Year ◽  
Competitive Effects ◽  
Scholarship Program ◽  
Sudden Injection

Given the significant growth rate and geographic expansion of private school choice programs over the past two decades, it is important to examine how traditional public schools respond to the sudden injection of competition for students and resources. Although prior studies of this nature have been limited to Florida and Milwaukee, using multiple analytic strategies this paper examines the competitive impacts of the Louisiana Scholarship Program (LSP) to determine its achievement impacts on students in affected public schools. Serving 4,954 students in its first year of statewide expansion, this targeted school voucher program provides public funds for low-income students in low-performing public schools to enroll in participating private schools across the state of Louisiana. Using (1) a school fixed effects approach and (2) a regression discontinuity framework to examine the achievement impacts of the LSP on students in affected public schools, this competitive effects analysis reveals neutral to positive impacts that are small in magnitude. Policy implications are discussed.

scholarly journals Paying for Performance: The Education Impacts of a Community College Scholarship Program for Low-Income Adults

2014 ◽  
Vol 32 (3) ◽  
pp. 563-599 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lisa Barrow ◽  
Lashawn Richburg-Hayes ◽  
Cecilia Elena Rouse ◽  
Thomas Brock
Keyword(s):  
Community College ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Scholarship Program

Early Adopters: Private School Leaders Respond to the Introduction of Targeted School Vouchers

2020 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 123-151
Author(s):  
Anna J. Egalite ◽  
Lance Fusarelli ◽  
Lacey Seaton ◽  
D. T. Stallings
Keyword(s):  
North Carolina ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Private School ◽  
School Leaders ◽  
School Vouchers ◽  
Low Income Students ◽  
Early Adopters ◽  
The North ◽  
Scholarship Program ◽  
Participation Decisions

The North Carolina Opportunity Scholarship Program awarded private school vouchers to over 7,000 low-income students in 2017-18, yet only 61% of the state’s private schools registered to participate in the Opportunity Scholarship Program and just over half of schools (54%) actually enrolled voucher recipients. Given that the program is anticipated to grow by $10 million per year for 10 years, private school supply will be an important consideration as student participation rises. Using rich focus group and survey data collected from private school leaders between 2014 and 2017, this analysis probes the participation decisions of private school leaders.

Hispanic Students and the Gates Millennium Scholarship Program: Promising Results Extending to the Third College Year

2008 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 307-338 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leticia Oseguera ◽  
Nida Denson ◽  
Sylvia Hurtado
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Theoretical Model ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Hispanic Students ◽  
Low Income Students ◽  
College Entry ◽  
The Third ◽  
Scholarship Recipients ◽  
Scholarship Program ◽  
Using Data

Financing college is increasingly difficult for many college students and it can be especially difficult for low-income students. Using data from the Gates Millennium Scholarship Program, this study provides a portrait of the 1st and 3rd year experiences of a sample of both high achieving Hispanic scholarship recipients and non-recipients. Applying Nora, Barlow, and Crisp's Student/Institution Engagement Theoretical Model (2005), we show how freedom from the stressors of paying for college enables students to become more engaged in academics and campus leadership activities even as we control for equally high levels of ability and involvement prior to college entry.

scholarly journals Sign Me Up: The Factors Predicting Students’ Enrollment in an Early-Commitment Scholarship Program

AERA Open ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 233285841985770
Author(s):  
Dan Goldhaber ◽  
Mark C. Long ◽  
Ann E. Person ◽  
Jordan Rooklyn ◽  
Trevor Gratz
Keyword(s):  
Low Income ◽  
College Enrollment ◽  
Student Characteristics ◽  
Low Income Students ◽  
Program Administrators ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
College Going ◽  
Scholarship Program

We investigate factors influencing student sign-ups for Washington State’s College Bound Scholarship program and consider whether there is scope for the program to change college enrollment expectations. We find that student characteristics associated with signing the scholarship pledge closely parallel characteristics of low-income students who attend 4-year colleges, suggesting that signing the pledge is driven largely by preexisting expectations of college going. We also find evidence that student sign-up rates are lower than have been previously reported, which is important given the perception among program administrators that nearly all eligible students sign up.

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