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SAT Scores Moderate the Impact of Percent Pell Recipients on Graduation Rates
In response to The Important Role of Student Financial Aid in Graduation Rates a colleague was wondering if the Chronicle’s database on graduation rates could demonstrate the interaction of “Percent Pell Grant Recipients” and “Institutional SAT Median” on “Graduation Rates.” Specifically he … Continue reading
Posted in Graduation Rates, Higher Education
Tagged graduation rates, interaction, moderation, Pell recipients, regression, SAT
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Government Impact on Life Expectancy
Governments can do many things to promote or diminish life opportunities and, importantly, life expectancy. In this post I examine the impact of social contributions on life expectancy, controlling for the influence of economic prosperity, measured by a country’s GDP … Continue reading
Posted in Government, Health
Tagged countries, GDP per capita, government, life expectancy, regression, safety-net, social contributions, Social Security, World Bank
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Income Inequality Depresses Economic Prosperity and the Lesson from the Libro d’Oro
Alternate Title: It’s in Your Self-Interest to Lower Economic Inequality Income inequality is a serious issue of our times. One can certainly argue against income inequality from a moral or altruistic viewpoint but in this article I desire to share … Continue reading
The Important Role of Student Financial Aid in Graduation Rates
In many posts I have examined graduation rates at both the secondary and higher education level. In this post I examine the impact of student financial aid on baccalaureate graduation rates in the three sectors of higher education – public, … Continue reading
Some Comments and Graphs on Secondary Graduation Rates
High school graduation rates are getting a lot of attention for obvious reasons — national competitiveness being one primary reason. Educational reformers are proposing numerous well-intentioned policies and strategies to improve state and local graduation rates. Many of these proposals … Continue reading