intervention of asset building (Percorsi) on high school students' transition to the university. Contrary to most traditional forms … population", i.e. those students who were at risk of giving up their university enrolment decisions because of economic reasons … program are significantly larger for students coming from vocational schools than for students who completed technical or …

We examine the long-term impacts of California's state-based financial aid by tracking students' educational and labor …

We study the evolution of a campus-based aid program for low-income students that began with grant-heavy financial aid … years (2004-2006), in which students received additional institutional grant aid and few non-financial supports, improved … postsecondary progress, performance, or completion. In contrast, program-eligible students in more recent cohorts (2007-2010), when …

intended to improve outcomes for underprepared college students. But like a costly medical treatment with non-trivial side … students' high school performance, they could remediate substantially fewer students without lowering success rates in college …

We study the evolution of a campus-based aid program for low-income students that began with grant-heavy financial aid … years (2004–2006), in which students received additional institutional grant aid and few non-financial supports, improved … postsecondary progress, performance, or completion. In contrast, program-eligible students in more recent cohorts (2007–2010), when …

low-income students at an elite public university. We find that the program increased four-year graduation rates by about … 8 percentage points for eligible students in the cohorts who experienced the fully developed program. For these cohorts … performance. We conclude that aid programs targeting low-income, high-ability students are most successful when they couple grant …