Completion Initiative: Completion Incentives
Incentives in Practice
- $1,000 Tuition Rebate for Certain UndergraduatesDescribes a program in Texas that provides a financial incentive for students to complete a bachelor's degree efficiently.
- College Students' Success Increases When They are Motivated by Money, Officials SayGives a brief overview of numerous incentive programs that colleges are trying out.
- Graduating in 4 Years May Help UT Students Save on LoansDescribes a pilot program beginning in fall 2013 whereby 200 freshmen will be offered forgiveness of significant portions of the most expensive loans they take out if they make a set amount of progress toward their degrees in a particular time frame.
- States Offer Students an Incentive to Graduate: MoneyDescribes various state programs tying financial aid to the meeting of specific benchmarks leading to completion.
- Nudge Nation: A New Way to Prod Students Into and Through CollegeThis article highlights a number of technological and behavioral interventions which encourage students to complete.
Articles and Documents
- Completion Incentive Grant FundPilot program designed to increase the graduation and success rates of students who are enrolled in certificate or degree programs at Massachusetts public colleges and universities.
- Rewarding PersistenceA study of the effect of supplemental financial aid with an incentive component to encourage academic success and persistence at two New Orleans-area colleges operating a performance-based scholarship program with counseling.
- Incentive to Complete?Aligning the Tennessee Education Lottery Scholarship Program with Tennessee’s College Completion Agenda.