Conference Session

ERM Technical Session 24: Studies on Socioeconomic Status

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Emily Bovee, Michigan State University; Amalia Krystal Lira, Michigan State University; Harrison Douglas Lawson, Michigan State University; Daina Briedis, Michigan State University; Lisa Linnenbrink-Garcia, Michigan State University; S. Patrick Walton, Michigan State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

-income students are also more likely to take on debt than their counterparts [1], [5]. Thereis evidence that receiving financial aid is related to increased academic achievement andpersistence [5], but the precise nature of the relation between financial aid and persistence isunclear. Although student loans are readily available, receiving student loan aid had astatistically significant negative effect on persistence for high-need (Pell-eligible) students [6].Thus, it is important to examine whether scholarships - as opposed to loan aid - exert a uniqueeffect on student persistence in engineering, as a variety of programs, including federally-fundedprograms such as the NSF Scholarships in STEM (S-STEM) program, have sought to enhanceengineering