The Effects of Student Financial Aid on Persistence: A Sequential Analysis

By Edward P. St. John, Rita J. Kirshstein, J. Noell. 2017

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Financial Aid and Student Dropout in Higher Education: A Heterogeneous Research Approach (2008, background): “To take this latter group of students into account, scholars have started to use data at the national level (Cabrera et al., 1990; Dowd, 2004; Leppel, 2002; Paulsen & St. John, 2002; St. John et al., 1991).”
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).”
Financial, Academic, and Environmental Influences on the Retention and Graduation of Students (2007, background): “Although student aid in general has a positive effect on persistence, loans in particular contribute to retention (St. John et al., 1991).”