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Oregon Promise: Financial Aid Program for Community College Students

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Intervention Details

Subject

Non-Academic Area

Academic Program

Community/Junior College Education Program

Duration

Up to 2 years

Grade

Postsecondary

Personnel

Administrator, College Instructor

Intervention Summary

Oregon Promise is a financial aid program that targets high school students who plan to attend an Oregon community college by covering up to 90 attempted community college credits. The program is open to individuals with a high school diploma or GED test credential, including Oregon students who complete high school in public school, private school, home school, a correctional facility, or a foster care placement outside of the state. To be eligible for an Oregon Promise award, high school students must have resided in Oregon for at least 12 months prior to college enrollment, earned a high school unweighted cumulative grade point average of 2.5 or higher, completed high school, and earned or attempted no more than 90 college credits through dual-credit programs in high school.

Statistical Finding Summary

Positive effect on first-year persistence

Positive effect on longer-term persistence or completion

Positive effect on college enrollment within six months

Positive effect on college enrollment within two years

Source

Leah, C. & Michelle, H. (2021). What Were the Reach and Impact of the Oregon Promise Financial Aid Program in Its First Two Years? REL 2022-119 (ED615645). ERIC. https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED615645.pdf.

Data Sample by Population

These charts show the characteristics of the student populations studied. When assessing programs, you may want to prioritize interventions that yielded success in a similar demographic environment as your school or district.

The subgroup population data as studied here are not available. That means that while this study may work well for your setting, we cannot say based on the published study and results from our system’s reading of that study what the school/district subgroup characteristics were when evaluated here.