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Every college age student should have the opportuni ty to attend college and earn a degree, but the fiscal realities for lower income s tudents prevent the majority from attending and the vast majority from completing col lege, thus perpetuating an intergenerational trend of limited postsecondary ed ucation and a likelihood of marginal income and status. Past research studies have shown t at, among lower income students, those who receive higher levels of grant funding to offset college expenses are more likely to persist toward completing their education s than those who do not receive the same level of grant funding and thus are forced to rely upon other means, such as student loans or employment, to pay for college. The majori ty of this research was conducted prior to the recession that began in December 2007 (National Bureau of Economic Research, 2008), which has been more severe and lon ger lasting than any economic contraction since the Great Depression (Dwyer & Lot hian, 2012); more current research is needed to determine whether the educational rete ntion behaviors of lower income students in the current challenging economic climat e are positively impacted by grant funding. In this study I used quantitative methods to analyze a specific state policy change to determine whether a significant change in the grant funding provided to lower income students resulted in increased retention rat es for these students. This study examines school years from 2006-2010, thus encompas sing the recent financial crisis and affording an opportunity to explore the persistence behaviors of lower income students during the greatest financial crisis of modern time s. The ultimate purpose of the study is to provide conclusions from the research to postsec ondary policy makers in the hopes of

State Need-Based Aid and Four-Year College Student Retention: A Statewide Study