@TechReport{iza:izadps:dp9888, author={Clotfelter, Charles T. and Hemelt, Steven W. and Ladd, Helen F.}, title={Multifaceted Aid for Low-Income Students and College Outcomes: Evidence from North Carolina}, year={2016}, month={Apr}, institution={Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)}, address={Bonn}, type={IZA Discussion Paper}, number={9888}, url={https://www.iza.org/publications/dp9888}, abstract={We study the evolution of a campus-based aid program for low-income students that began with grant-heavy financial aid and later added a suite of non-financial supports. We find little to no evidence that program eligibility during the early years (2004–2006), in which students received additional institutional grant aid and few non-financial supports, improved postsecondary progress, performance, or completion. In contrast, program-eligible students in more recent cohorts (2007–2010), when the program supplemented grant-heavy aid with an array of non-financial supports, were more likely to meet credit accumulation benchmarks toward timely graduation and earned higher GPAs than their barely ineligible counterparts.}, keywords={postsecondary completion;financial aid}, }