Open AccessThe Effect of Scholarships on University Persistence: A Case Study
Author(s) -
Vanesa BERLANGA,
Franciele CORTI,
Eva PEREA
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
revista de cercetare şi intervenţie socială
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.129
H-Index - 15
eISSN - 1584-5397
pISSN - 1583-3410
DOI - 10.33788/rcis.76.5
Subject(s) - scholarship , persistence (discontinuity) , equity (law) , incentive , dimension (graph theory) , political science , sociology , psychology , pedagogy , medical education , economics , medicine , engineering , geotechnical engineering , mathematics , pure mathematics , law , microeconomics
As we enter the 21st century, the social dimension of Higher Education is one of the key elements in university policies. Among measures aimed at retaining students, scholarship and study grant policies help to ensure equality. In Spain, the establishment of the Study Aid Programme (PAE) for degree studies is an outstanding innovative initiative. This study is aimed at assessing the importance of the PAE as an economic factor in equity, access and academic performance in the first year at university. The data used is that available on all students who began degree studies at Abat Oliba CEU University from the 2009-10 academic years to the 2015-16 academic years. The results confirm that obtaining a scholarship becomes an incentive that influences key aspects for persistence, such as the degree of effort and educational commitment with positive results on students’ performance.