of alternative admissions policies on the persistence and college completion of minority students. I find that the change … from affirmative action to the Top 10% Plan in Texas decreased both retention and graduation rates of lower-ranked minority … students. Results show that both fall-to-fall freshmen retention and six-year college graduation of seconddecile minority …

of alternative admissions policies on the persistence and college completion of minority students. I find that the change … from affirmative action to the Top 10% Plan in Texas decreased both retention and graduation rates of lower-ranked minority … students. Results show that both fall-to-fall freshmen retention and six-year college graduation of second-decile minority …

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 …