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Version 1.3 – Updated November 2024

Grant aid

Overview

  • Influence: Grant aid
  • Domain: Home
  • Sub-Domain: Family resources
  • Potential to Accelerate Student Achievement: Likely to have a small positive impact
  • Influence Definition: Grant-in-aid is money provided to students to undertake courses, complete schooling, and related education activities.

Evidence

  • Number of meta-analyses: 3
  • Number of studies: 105
  • Number of students: 7,656,062
  • Number of effects: 162
  • Weighted mean effect size: 0.03
  • Robustness index: 3

Meta-Analyses

Meta-Analyses
Journal Title Author First Author's Country Article Name Year Published Variable Number of Studies Number of Students Number of Effects Effect Size
Review of Educational Research Nguyen, Kramer, & Evans USA The effects of grant aid on student persistence and degree attainment: A systematic review and meta-analysis of the causal evidence 2019 Grant aid on completion of degree 43 0 28 0.03
Educational Review Sneyers & De Witte Netherlands Interventions in higher education and their effect on student success: a meta-analysis. 2018 Grant aid on achievement 25 0 25 0.05
Review of Educational Research LaSota, Polanin, Perna, Rodgers, & Austin USA Does aid matter? A systematic review and meta-analysis of the effects of grant aid on college student outcomes.  2024 Grant aid on achievement 37 7,656,062 109 0.03
TOTAL/AVERAGE 105 7,656,062 162 0.04
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