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VISTA: Providing Financial Aid to Low-Income Students to Improve College Outcomes

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Intervention Details

Subject

Non-Academic Area

Academic Program

Community/Junior College Education Program

Duration

Four semesters

Grade

Postsecondary

Personnel

N/A

Intervention Summary

VISTA Scholarship program

Statistical Finding Summary

Positive effect on the share of students who earned 15 or more credits during the second semester

Positive effect on the share of students who enrolled for 15 or more credits in their third semester

No effect on credits or grades earned during the first semester

No effect on persistence from the first to the second year

No effect on grades

Positive effect on the share of students who were on track for an on-time graduation by the end of the first year

Positive effect on reducing the amount of loans taken out by students

Source

Cynthia, M., Kate, K., Melissa, B. & Vanessa, H. (2011). Staying on Track: Early Findings from a Performance-Based Scholarship Program at the University of New Mexico (ED522990). ERIC. https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED522990.pdf.

Data Sample by Population

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