Performance-Based Scholarships Show Early Success in New York

A continuing project to evaluate whether financial incentives can help low-income students persist in college has found more evidence that such performance-based scholarships can make a difference. Early results from a study at two community colleges in New York show that low-income students assigned to a group that was eligible for scholarships based on their enrollment, attendance, and grades were more likely to enroll full time than those in a control group, according to a new report by the nonprofit research group MDRC. Those in a group eligible for summer funds were also more likely to take summer classes.