The Effect of Loans on the Persistence and Attainment of Community College Students

By Alicia C. Dowd, Tarek Coury. 2006

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If Life Happened but a Degree Didn’t: Examining Factors That Impact Adult Student Persistence (2014, background): “Finally, the third limitation is the issue of self-selection or endogeneity, a persistent and growing concern in education research (DesJardins et al., 1999; Dowd & Coury, 2006; Titus, 2007).”
Understanding High School Students’ Willingness to Borrow to Pay College Prices (2008, methodology): “Eckel et al. (2007) found that Canadian adults who are more risk-seeking are more willing than others to use loans to finance postsecondary educational expenses.”
Student aid and its role in encouraging persistence (2009, background): “…positive or nonsignificant findings, suggesting that grants have an impact on the propensity of students to persist (e.g., Alon, 2005; Bettinger, 2004; DesJardins et al., 2002a; Dowd and Coury, 2006; DuBrock and Fenske, 2000; Herzog, 2005; St. John et al., 1991, 2005; Singell and Stater, 2006).”
Finding Money on the Table: Information, Financial Aid, and Access to College (2009, background): “…more focused on one particular aspect, such as price sensitivity to community college tuition, but most authors have confirmed Leslie and Brinkman’s broad finding: as tuition goes up, enrollment goes down (Dowd & Coury, 2006; Gladieux, 2004; McPherson & Schapiro, 1991; Millett & McKenzie, 1996).”
Challenges and Opportunities for Improving Community College Student Success (2010, background): “…effects of financial aid on persistence using nationally representative data sets have produced mixed findings, partly because of differences in statistical techniques, sample, and the time frame under study (Dowd & Coury, 2006; Improving Community College Student Success Hossler et al. 2009).”
Causal Inference and Omitted Variable Bias in Financial Aid Research: Assessing Solutions (2008, background): “2See, for example, Alon, 2005; Becker, 2003; Curs & Singell, 2002; DesJardins, Alburg, & McCall, 2006; Dowd & Coury, 2006; Dowd, forthcoming.”