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<div align="center"><font size=6><b>Graduate School of Education,
University of California, Riverside<br>
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<div align="center">Invites you to attend a Colloquium by:<br>
<font size=6><b>Dr. Kimberly Rogers <br>
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</b>Dr. Rogers is an Assistant Professor of Higher Education
Administration at the State University of New York at Buffalo<br>
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Speaking on:<br>
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</b><i> “Exploring the Impact of Financial Aid on Community College
Students”<br>
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Despite the large and continually-emerging body of higher education
research with financial aid as a focal point, few studies address the
impact of financial aid on students who first matriculate in the two- and
less than two-year sector. This quantitative study, using logistic
regression, builds on the existing financial aid and persistence research
in that it examines the relative contribution of financial aid awards to
sub-baccalaureate persistence and associate degree or certificate
attainment. From a social justice viewpoint, it is important to determine
how financial resources and policies that were created for
traditional-age students attending four-year institutions translate to
educational outcomes for non-traditional students in an environment in
which postsecondary educational attainment and skill development have
become a pre-requisite for getting and remaining above the poverty
line. Therefore, it is crucial to determine how financial aid
programs equalize educational opportunity in the sub-baccalaureate sector
with respect to enrollment and completion for poor and otherwise
disadvantaged students. <br>
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<div align="center"><font size=6>Monday, March 12, 2007<br>
4:00 -5:30 p.m.<br>
1215 Sproul Hall<br>
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<font face="Freestyle Script" size=6 color="#0000FF">Maggie Herrera<br>
</font><font face="Pristina" color="#0000FF"><b>Assistant to the
Dean<br>
Graduate School of Education<br>
University of California<br>
Riverside, CA 92521<br>
951-827-5802 </b></font></blockquote><div align="center"><br><br>
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<font face="Garamond" size=4 color="#000080"><b>Leslie Bushong<br>
</b></font><font color="#000080">Staff Director<br>
California Teach-Science/Mathematics Initiative (CaTEACH-SMI) <br>
1104 Pierce Hall<br>
University of California, Riverside<br>
voice: (951) 827-4970<br>
fax: (951) 827-4971<br>
website:
<a href="http://smi.ucr.edu/" eudora="autourl">http://smi.ucr.edu<br><br>
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