{"id":1667,"date":"2017-11-30T11:32:23","date_gmt":"2017-11-30T16:32:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nacacadmitted.wpengine.com\/wordpress\/?p=1667"},"modified":"2017-11-30T11:32:23","modified_gmt":"2017-11-30T16:32:23","slug":"study-grant-aid-most-effective-when-aimed-at-poor-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/2017\/11\/30\/study-grant-aid-most-effective-when-aimed-at-poor-students\/","title":{"rendered":"Study: Grant Aid Most Effective When Aimed at Poor Students"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_1668\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1668\" style=\"width: 724px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/nacacadmitted.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/PellGrantStudents.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1668\" src=\"http:\/\/nacacadmitted.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/PellGrantStudents.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"724\" height=\"483\" srcset=\"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/PellGrantStudents.jpg 724w, https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/PellGrantStudents-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 724px) 100vw, 724px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1668\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">iStock<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Grant programs for low-income students yield greater returns than assistance efforts aimed at students from higher-income families, new data suggests.<\/p>\n<p>A working paper published this month by the Upjohn Institute found that Pell Grant recipients at four-year colleges in Texas saw improved academic and economic outcomes.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cStudents eligible for the biggest grants take significantly more credits (during their sophomore and junior years),\u201d according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.upjohn.org\/research-highlights\/pell-grants-improve-poor-students-performance-and-increase-their-earnings\">an analysis of the research<\/a>. \u201cIn addition, they are 13 percent more likely to graduate from college in four years.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Upjohn Institute, an independent research organization based in Michigan, regularly studies issues related to employment.<\/p>\n<p>Its latest working paper shows a 5 to 8 percent increase in earnings for Pell Grant recipients. The Institute estimates that the federal government would recoup the entire cost of the grants in 10 years via \u201ctax payments on the increased earnings.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Conversely, a forthcoming paper from the Institute shows that grant aid dispersed to higher income students does not significantly increase student retention, credits earned, or GPA.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.upjohn.org\/research-highlights\/pell-grants-improve-poor-students-performance-and-increase-their-earnings\">Read more about the Institute\u2019s findings<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Admitted writer\/editor Mary Stegmeir welcomes additional comments and story ideas at\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"mailto:mstegmeir@nacacnet.org\"><em style=\"font-weight: inherit;\">mstegmeir@nacacnet.org<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Grant programs for low-income students yield greater returns than assistance efforts aimed at students from higher-income families, new data suggests. A working paper published this month by the Upjohn Institute found that Pell Grant recipients at four-year colleges in Texas saw improved academic and economic outcomes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,25],"tags":[164],"class_list":["post-1667","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-access","category-financial-aid","tag-pell-grant"],"featured_image_src":null,"featured_image_src_square":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"Mary Stegmeir","author_link":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/author\/mstegmeir\/"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/peWmJq-qT","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1667","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1667"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1667\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1667"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1667"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1667"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}