Sara Goldrick-Rab

This project will refine and evaluate completion grants, a form of financial aid that some postsecondary institutions provide to students who are close to completing their degrees yet at risk of departure from college due to insufficient funding to cover their tuition and student fees. Completion grants combine relatively small amounts of financial grant aid ($500 to $1500) with "skin in the game" requirements,which encourage students to take responsibility for succeeding in college. The mai...

In this project, researchers investigate whether an intervention that provides financial aid information, reminders, and advising to college students increases completion of the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) and compliance with the Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP) requirements of the Pell grant program. The research team will convey information, reminders, and offers of additional assistance to students via text message. The intervention is expected to work by making s...