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ENROLLMENT AND FINANCIAL AID DECISIONS OF FIRST-YEAR STUDENTS
AT A PRIVATE INSTITUTION
by
Guadalupe García Montaño
A Dissertation Presented to the
FACULTY OF THE USC ROSSIER SCHOOL OF EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
In Partial Fulfillment of the
Requirements for the Degree
DOCTOR OF EDUCATION
August 2010
Copyright 2010 Guadalupe García Montaño
Object Description
| Title | Enrollment and financial aid decisions of first-year students at a private institution |
| Author | Garcia Montaño, Guadalupe |
| Author email | garcia3@usc.edu; guadalupegmontano@yahoo.com |
| Degree | Doctor of Education |
| Document type | Dissertation |
| Degree program | Education (Leadership) |
| School | Rossier School of Education |
| Date defended/completed | 2010-04-27 |
| Date submitted | 2010 |
| Restricted until | Unrestricted |
| Date published | 2010-06-25 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Robison, Mark Power |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Tambascia, Tracy Poon Campbell, C. Dean |
| Abstract | With the goal of determining how institutional financial aid practices affect student enrollment beyond the first year, this study examined the decisions first-year college students make as a result of the financial aid packages they receive. In particular, this study analyzed the effect of students’ family finances, perceptions of likelihood of college completion, financial aid packages, and level of comfort with campus resources on these decisions. The sample consisted of twelve first-year college students, as the freshman year is most telling of future academic success. The setting was a small, selective, private liberal arts college. The respondents had already proven, through having been admitted, to be education-driven, and this academic achievement helped dispel assumptions, discussed in the literature review, about students’ lack of desire for or valuing of higher education in regard to their enrollment decisions.; This study found that family served as a motivating factor and a financial resource. The respondents felt well prepared for college academics and were apprehensive about accepting student loans. They also considered completing at least some coursework at another campus in response to their financial circumstances, which previous research has shown may be detrimental to eventual degree attainment. In addition, this study found students are not knowledgeable about the components of their own aid packages and are not comfortable seeking help on campus. A central finding of this study is that, in order to maximize the probability that students make informed decisions regarding both aid and enrollment, student services providers should seek to integrate resources and broaden communication channels among those who interact with first-year students. |
| Keyword | financial aid; institutional aid; higher education; college; first-year students; freshmen; student loans; enrollment management |
| Geographic subject (country) | USA |
| Language | English |
| Part of collection | University of Southern California dissertations and theses |
| Publisher (of the original version) | University of Southern California |
| Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
| Provenance | Electronically uploaded by the author |
| Type | texts |
| Legacy record ID | usctheses-m3157 |
| Rights | Garcia Montaño, Guadalupe |
| Repository name | Libraries, University of Southern California |
| Repository address | Los Angeles, California |
| Repository email | http://www.usc.edu/isd/libraries/services/ask_a_librarian/email/ |
| Filename | etd-Montano-3765 |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume26/etd-Montano-3765.pdf |
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| Full text | ENROLLMENT AND FINANCIAL AID DECISIONS OF FIRST-YEAR STUDENTS AT A PRIVATE INSTITUTION by Guadalupe García Montaño A Dissertation Presented to the FACULTY OF THE USC ROSSIER SCHOOL OF EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree DOCTOR OF EDUCATION August 2010 Copyright 2010 Guadalupe García Montaño |
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