Back to School: Federal Student Aid Policy and Adult College Enrollment

By Neil Seftor, Sarah Turner. 2002

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Improving College Access in the United States: Barriers and Policy Responses (2015, unknown): “But Seftor and Turner (2002) find positive impacts of expansions in eligibility for adult students, and Bettinger (2004) finds some evidence of positive effects of larger Pell grants on persistence for students who are already enrolled.”
The Impact of Price Caps and Spending Cuts on U.S. Postsecondary Attainment (2017, unknown): “This is consistent with results reported by Seftor and Turner (2002), a study that finds greater price sensitivity among older, independent students who are more likely to be enrolled part-time.”
Credit Supply and the Rise in College Tuition: Evidence from the Expansion in Federal Student Aid Programs (2018, background): “Most of this literature has focused only on grant aid, and in particular Pell Grants: for example, Singell and Stone (2007) show that increases in Pell Grants are captured by increased tuition at private universities and out-of-state tuition at public universities, while Turner (2012) uses a regress”
Tertiary education for the knowledge society (2008, background): “Singell and Stone (2007) analyse whether or not Pell grants in the United States tend to be appropriated by universities through increases in tuition – consistent with what is known as the Bennett hypothesis.”
The Cost of Complexity in Federal Student Aid: Lessons from Optimal Tax Theory and Behavioral Economics (2006, background): “Seftor and Turner (2002) ﬁ nd a small effect of Pell Grants on college enrollment for older, independent students.”
Finding Money on the Table: Information, Financial Aid, and Access to College (2009, background): “John (2004) and Perna (2007) delineated in their college access and choice models is akin to what we propose, but rather than a causal chart where one factor leads to another, we suggest a cultural framework to better understand how students and their families approach college going.”
Econometric Studies of Higher Education. (2004, background): “Much of the research focused on college enrollment decisions of students within a few years of college graduation, however recently Seftor and Turner (2002) have found that the Pell Grant program has had sizable effects on the college enrollment rates of potential students in their 20s and 30s.”
Into College, out of Poverty? Policies to Increase the Postsecondary Attainment of the Poor. NBER Working Paper No. 15387. (2009, methodology): “…- maximum of $3544 in 1991 dollars differences-indifferences College enrollment and type no effect Change/discontinuity in Pell Grant eligibility (Seftor and Turner 2002; Bettinger 2004) October Current Population Survey; 1969-1977 and 1984- 1990 - "nontraditional" older students only Same as…”
The role of family socioeconomic resources in the black-white test score gap among young children (2006, background): “…public spending on higher education, including more generous Wnancial aid and the expansion of community colleges, has been consistently linked to increases in college attainment and enrollment (Dynarksi, 2002; Sefter & Turner, 2002; Turner & Bound, 2003; but see also Heckman & Krueger, 2003).”
The Impact of Federal Tax Credits for Higher Education Expenses (2003, unknown): “While most studies have focused on recent high school graduates, Seftor and Turner (2002) examine the impact of college costs on nontraditional students with the introduction of the Pell Grant in 1972.”