A group of public universities is testing how different versions of “completion grants” can help students who are close to graduating, but at risk because of modest financial hardships.
Some colleges have found that a relatively small amount of money — even a few hundred dollars — can be the difference between graduating and dropping out. The 11 institutions in the University Innovation Alliance, a coalition of public research universities working to spread novel approaches for furthering student success, each operate in a different state, and are putting their own spins on the programs. The project will shed light on how these variables affect the success of completion grants, says Jessica Williams, the alliance fellow at Georgia State University. That will help leaders at other colleges gauge how a version of the program might work on their campuses.
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