Meeting the Access Challenge: An Examination of Indiana's Twenty-First Century Scholars Program |
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| Authors: | Edward P St John Glenda Droogsma Musoba Ada Simmons Choong-Geun Chung Jack Schmit Chao-Ying Joanne Peng |
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| Institution: | (1) School of Education, Indiana University, Bloomington;(2) Indiana Project on Academic Success, Smith Center, Indiana University, Suite, 100, 2805 10th Street, Bloomington, IN 47408-2698, USA;(3) Center for Evaluation and Education Policy, Indiana University, Bloomington;(4) Indiana Project on Academic Success, Indiana University, Bloomington;(5) Office of Academic Support and Diversity, Indiana University, Bloomington |
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| Abstract: | Early intervention programs can promote access by providing encouragement for academic preparation, but adequate grant aid may be necessary to ensure access for students who prepare. This study examines the impact of Indiana's Twenty-first Century Scholars Program, an intervention that provides supplemental grant aid and academic support for low-income middle and high school students. Hierarchical logistic regression analyses indicated that 8th grade students who participated in the program were more likely to apply than their peers, indicating that encouragement had a modest influence on preparation. Receiving grant aid had a substantial influence on enrollment, indicating adequate aid is an important aspect of a comprehensive postsecondary encouragement program. |
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| Keywords: | access to higher education low-income enrollment postsecondary encouragement grant aid |
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