Leslie S. Stratton () (Virginia Commonwealth University, CIM and IZA Bonn) Dennis M. O’Toole (Virginia Commonwealth University) James N. Wetzel (Virginia Commonwealth University)
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Studies of college attrition typically assume that all attrition is permanent. We use data from the 1990/94 Beginning Postsecondary Survey to distinguish between long-term dropout and short-term stopout behavior in order to test that assumption. We find significant differences between those who stop out and those who drop out in the first year. Failure to recognize these differences biases the results of standard attrition models and hence may cause policy makers to pursue inappropriate policy initiatives or incorrectly target at-risk populations. Furthermore, the type of financial aid received is found to have a differential impact on stopout versus dropout probabilities.
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Paper provided by Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) in its series IZA Discussion Papers with number
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