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Financial Aid and Students’ College Decisions: Evidence from the District of Columbia Tuition Assistance Grant Program

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Katharine G. Abraham
Melissa A. Clark

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The District of Columbia Tuition Assistance Grant Program (DCTAG), instituted in 1999, allows D.C. residents to attend public colleges and universities throughout the country at considerably lower in-state tuition rates. We use the sharp decline in the price of public colleges and universities faced by D.C. residents to estimate the effects of price on college application and enrollment decisions. We find that DCTAG increased the likelihood that students applied to eligible institutions and markedly increased college enrollment rates among recent high school graduates. Enrollments increased primarily at less selective colleges and universities, with no decrease at more selective schools.

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Volume (Year): 41 (2006)
Issue (Month): 3 ()
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  2. Susan Dynarski, 2000. "Hope for Whom? Financial Aid for the Middle Class and Its Impact on College Attendance," NBER Working Papers 7756, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  3. David M. Linsenmeier & Harvey S. Rosen & Cecilia Elena Rouse, 2002. "Financial Aid Packages and College Enrollment Decisions: An Econometric Case Study," NBER Working Papers 9228, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  5. Thomas J. Kane, 2003. "A Quasi-Experimental Estimate of the Impact of Financial Aid on College-Going," NBER Working Papers 9703, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  1. James A. Freeman & Barry T. Hirsch, 2007. "College Majors and the Knowledge Content of Jobs," IZA Discussion Papers 2941, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA). [Downloadable!]
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  2. Melissa Clark & Jesse Rothstein & Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach, 2008. "Selection Bias in College Admissions Test Scores," NBER Working Papers 14265, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  3. Thomas Kane, 2004. "Evaluating the Impact of the D.C. Tution Assistance Grant Program," NBER Working Papers 10658, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  5. Dynarski, Susan & Scott-Clayton, Judith, 2008. "Complexity and Targeting in Federal Student Aid: A Quantitative Analysis," Working Paper Series rwp08-005, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government. [Downloadable!]
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