Showing papers by "Sarah Turner published in 2002"
TL;DR: This article found that the net effect of military service and G.I. benefits was substantial gains in the collegiate attainment of World War II veterans and non-veterans in the US.
Abstract: The flood of veterans enrolling in college at the end of World War II contributed to widespread rhetoric that the G.I. Bill brought about the “democratization” of American higher education. Whether military service, combined with educational benefits, led World War II veterans to increase their investments in college has received little research attention. Our estimation strategy focuses on between‐cohort differences in military service, and we use census data to compare the collegiate attainment of veterans and nonveterans. The net effect of military service and G.I. benefits was substantial gains in the collegiate attainment of World War II veterans.
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TL;DR: This article examined how changes in the means-tested federal Pell grant program affect enrollment decisions of potential students in their twenties and thirties, finding that sizable effects of the introduction of the program on college enrollment decisions for older students.
Abstract: Much of the research examining the question of how federal financial aid affects decisions to enroll in college has focused on the behavior of students immediately following graduation, leaving unanswered the question of how changes in the availability of aid affects the behavior of older students. This article examines how changes in the means-tested federal Pell grant program affect enrollment decisions of potential students in their twenties and thirties. The results indicated sizable effects of the introduction of the Pell grant program on college enrollment decisions for older students.
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TL;DR: This paper examined the effect of changes in the availability of financial aid on the behavior of older students in their twenties and thirties, finding that sizable effects of the introduction of the Pell grant program on college enrollment decisions for older students.
Abstract: Much of the research examining the question of how federal financial aid affects decisions to enroll in college has focused on the behavior of students in the relatively narrow range immediately following high school graduation, leaving unanswered the question of how changes in the availability of aid affect the behavior of older students. This analysis examines the question of how changes in the means-tested federal Pell grant program affects enrollment decisions of potential students in their twenties and thirties. Our results indicate sizable effects of the introduction of the Pell grant program on college enrollment decisions for older students.
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TL;DR: The effects of the G.I. Bill on collegiate attainment may have differed for black and white Americans owing to differential returns to education and differences in opportunities at colleges and universities, with men in the South facing explicitly segregated colleges as mentioned in this paper.
Abstract: The effects of the G.I. Bill on collegiate attainment may have differed for black and white Americans owing to differential returns to education and differences in opportunities at colleges and universities, with men in the South facing explicitly segregated colleges. The empirical evidence suggests that World War II and the availability of G.I. benefits had a substantial and positive impact on the educational attainment of white men and black men born outside the South. However, for those black veterans likely to be limited to the South in their educational choices, the G.I. Bill had little effect on collegiate outcomes, resulting in the exacerbation of the educational differences between black and white men from southern states.
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TL;DR: The connection between higher education and the labor market was discussed in this paper, where the authors compared across states and found that higher education is correlated with job creation in the United States.
Abstract: (2002). Connecting Higher Education and the Labor Market: Comparisons Across States. Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning: Vol. 34, No. 4, pp. 32-39.
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TL;DR: The effects of the G.I. Bill on collegiate attainment may have differed for black and white Americans owing to differential returns to education and differences in opportunities at colleges and universities, with men in the South facing explicitly segregated colleges as discussed by the authors.
Abstract: The effects of the G.I. Bill on collegiate attainment may have differed for black and white Americans owing to differential returns to education and differences in opportunities at colleges and universities, with men in the South facing explicitly segregated colleges. The empirical evidence suggests that World War II and the availability of G.I. benefits had a substantial and positive impact on the educational attainment of white men and black men born outside the South. However, for those black veterans likely to be limited to the South in their educational choices, the G.I. Bill had little effect on collegiate outcomes, resulting in the exacerbation of the educational differences between black and white men from southern states.
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