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Debt Profiles Of Model Students: The Projected Debt Of Highly Productive Students And Its Economic Impact, Mark E. Fincher
Debt Profiles Of Model Students: The Projected Debt Of Highly Productive Students And Its Economic Impact, Mark E. Fincher
Journal of Student Financial Aid
A common misperception suggests that a high-achieving student can easily complete a degree with very limited debt, and that students with high levels of debt are thus underachievers. This assumption is supported by memories of previous decades when it was realistically possible for most students to work their way through college. This view, however, ignores the current financial realities faced by students with limited family support. The financial experience and circumstances of current, high-performing students is markedly different from similarly dedicated students in the past. Current students are now more likely to g raduate with high debt burdens that negatively …
More Graduates, Less Criminals? The Economic Impacts Of The Milwaukee Parental Choice Program, Will Flanders, Corey A. Deangelis
More Graduates, Less Criminals? The Economic Impacts Of The Milwaukee Parental Choice Program, Will Flanders, Corey A. Deangelis
Education Reform Faculty and Graduate Students Publications
Although an abundance of research indicates that private schooling can benefit individual children through higher test scores, the effects on society are less clear. We monetize and forecast the social impacts of the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program (MPCP) in the United States. We use existing literature on the impacts of the MPCP on criminal activity and graduation rates. Between 2016 and 2035, students who use a voucher in the MPCP will generate additional economic benefits of $473 million associated with higher graduation rates, and $26 million associated with fewer felonies and misdemeanors, relative to their traditional public school peers.
Eastern Illinois University Economic Impact Study 2017, Eastern Illinois University
Eastern Illinois University Economic Impact Study 2017, Eastern Illinois University
EIU in the News
Eastern Illinois University makes a substantial economic contribution to the City of Charleston, Illinois, Coles County, the East Central Illinois region, and the entire State of Illinois. This study measures that impact using current student enrollment levels, conservative future enrollment scenarios, University expenditures and operations, tuition and fees, University employment, employee salaries, and student spending.