大学生资助对学业发展的影响

The Impact of Financial Aid on Student Learning

多层次、多类型助学体系的推行提高了高等教育的入学机会和可负担性，促进了教育起点的公平。然而学者尚未系统地分析学生资助对个人学习行为、学业发展和成就的影响，因此很难确定资助政策是否也促进了教育过程和结果的公平。本文使用三省19个高校的学生调查数据，分析了学生资助对个人学业发展的影响。研究发现学生资助学习成绩正相关、与课程不及格负相关、与课外学习时间正相关，但是与学校满意度无显著相关关系。由此可见，学生资助在一定程度上促进了教育过程和结果公平。

China started to implement a large-scale financial aid program following the higher education expansion. This multi-layered system improves the access and the affordability of postsecondary education， and therefore enhances the equal educational opportunity. However， very few studies have examined the impact of student aid on individual learning and educational achievement. Hence， it is hard to identify whether the new aid system has promoted equity in education process and outcome. To address this issue， this study analyzes a large student survey involving 19 colleges and universities from 3 provinces. The findings indicate that financial aid is positively and significantly associated with college grade and out-of-classroom study time， but negatively correlated with course failure. Financial aid has no significant impact on institution satisfaction. Financial aid enhances the equity in educational process and outcome for college students who received aid.