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Staying on Course: The Effects of Savings and Assets on the College Progress of Young Adults

Elliott, William
Beverly, Sondra
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Increasingly, college graduation is seen as a necessary step toward achieving the American Dream. However, large disparities exist in graduation rates. For many families, the current family income is not enough to finance college. Therefore, many young adults have to rely on education loans, which may be difficult to repay, leaving them strapped with debt after leaving college. This study examines the potential role of assets and savings for promoting college progress among young adults. Overall, findings suggest that policies, such as Child Development Accounts (CDAs), that help parents and youth accumulate savings—especially savings for college—may increase college attendance and graduation completion rates.
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This is the publisher's version, also available electronically from http://www.jstor.org/stable/info/10.1086/659211.
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2011-03-15
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University of Chicago Press
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Elliott, William; Beverly, Sondra. (2011). "Staying on Course: The Effects of Savings and Assets on the College Progress of Young Adults." American Journal of Education, 117(3):343-374. http://www.dx.doi.org/10.1086/659211.
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