THE INFLUENCE OF PRICE SUBSIDIES ON WITHIN-YEAR PERSISTENCE BY GRADUATE-STUDENTS

Authors
STJOHN EP ANDRIEU SC
Citation
Ep. Stjohn et Sc. Andrieu, THE INFLUENCE OF PRICE SUBSIDIES ON WITHIN-YEAR PERSISTENCE BY GRADUATE-STUDENTS, Higher education, 29(2), 1995, pp. 143-168
Citations number
35
Categorie Soggetti
Education & Educational Research
Journal title
Higher education → ACNP
ISSN journal
00181560
Volume
29
Issue
2
Year of publication
1995
Pages
143 - 168
Database
ISI
SICI code
0018-1560(1995)29:2<143:TIOPSO>2.0.ZU;2-H
Abstract
The 1987 National Postsecondary Student Aid Study was used to compare four alternative approaches for assessing the influence of price subsi dies on within-year persistence by graduate students. The conclusions drawn from the research include: 1) tuition charges has a substantial negative influence on persistence; and 2) comprehensive packages - gra nts, loans, plus assistantships - were the most effective means of sub sidizing graduate student costs.