Access to Higher Education: Exploring the Variation in Pell Grant Prevalence among U.S. Colleges and Universities

Access to higher education in the United States is increasingly on the public policy agenda as funding constraints affect the realization of college attendance for many middle and low-income students. We use the Pell Grant as a proxy for low-income participation, and the percent of undergraduate stu...

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Published in:Review of higher education 2009-12, Vol.32 (2), p.235-270
Main Authors: Steinberg, Matthew P, Piraino, Patrizio, Haveman, Robert
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Access to Education
College Attendance
College students
Colleges & universities
Differences
Education Work Relationship
Educational Attainment
Educational Indicators
Educational Policy
Grants
Higher Education
Human Capital
Incidence
Low Income Groups
Pell Grant Program
Private Colleges
Public Colleges
Public Policy
Student Financial Aid
Teacher Certification
Tuition
Undergraduate Students
United States
Universities
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Summary:Access to higher education in the United States is increasingly on the public policy agenda as funding constraints affect the realization of college attendance for many middle and low-income students. We use the Pell Grant as a proxy for low-income participation, and the percent of undergraduate students receiving a Pell Grant (Pell Prevalence Ratio, or "PPR") in 2003-04 at 846 public and private universities as the variable of interest to address two questions. First, what factors contribute to the variation among universities in their PPR? Second, to what extent does an institution's actual PPR deviate from the PPR estimated from our empirical model? (Contains 1 figure, 4 tables and 6 footnotes.)
ISSN:0162-5748
1090-7009
1090-7009
DOI:10.1353/rhe.0.0058