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General Material Designation
[Thesis]
First Statement of Responsibility
Medina, Aprí
Title Proper by Another Author
The Implications of the Return to Title IV (R2T4) Federal Aid Policy on Time to Degree
Subsequent Statement of Responsibility
Hatch-Tocaimaza, Deryl
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
The University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2020
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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174
DISSERTATION (THESIS) NOTE
Dissertation or thesis details and type of degree
Ph.D.
Body granting the degree
The University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Text preceding or following the note
2020
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
Text of Note
Federal aid programs and their effect on student persistence, stopout, and completion have long been studied, but current literature does not fully capture the temporal nature of these programs due to insufficient methods, imprecise data, or both. Using event history methodologies, I leverage a unique level of access to data at a public four-year, research intensive university to explore how the Return to Title IV federal aid withdrawal policy, one of the most prominent yet understudied aspects of federal financial aid policies, influences time to degree. The treatment of this policy is associated with a 58.6% reduced risk (reduced conditional probability) of completing a bachelor's degree at the home institution, and a 64.4% reduced risk of degree from any four-year university.