Fostering Pell Student Success: The Role of Institutional Characteristics
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While the Federal Pell Grant has increased access to higher education, not all institutions graduate Pell students at the same rate. This session features a presentation from participants of the 2022 NCES Data Institute that examined the role of institutional characteristics of four-year institutions in the United States on enrolling and successfully graduating Pell recipients in four years. The researchers employed multiple methods on IPEDS data, including a typology of Title IV, four-year, baccalaureate-granting institutions using their Pell recipient enrollments and four-year graduation rates, descriptive analysis, analysis of variance (ANOVA), and multinomial logistic regression. Session participants can expect to leave with a better understanding of which institutional characteristics are positively associated with Pell student success, and how this success varies across the United States.
Recorded April 24, 2023
Presenters
- Colleen Quinn Vandenboom, Eastern Washington University
- Shannon Tinney Lichtinger, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
- Cecilia Nyamwandha, LeMoyne-Owen College
- Peter Simpson, Abt Associates
- Ling Chen, University of Massachusetts Amherst