Journal of Student Financial Aid
The Journal of Student Financial Aid is a peer-reviewed outlet featuring works of significance in all areas of postsecondary student financial assistance. We invite the submission of manuscripts that report original research findings; editorial opinions on policy issues; research in brief; and book reviews.
Current Issue: Volume 54, Issue 2 (2025)
Research Articles
Financial Aid Matters: The Relationship Among Financial Aid, Retention, and Graduation Rates in Online Students
Mary Ellen Dello Stritto, Dane Skinner, Naomi R. Aguiar, and Greta R. Underhill
Student Loan Debt and Alumni Perception of Return on Investment
Kimberly Yousey-Elsener
A Return to Relevance: The National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators from 2012 to 2017
Saralyn McKinnon-Crowley and Jacob P. Gross
Student Loan Debt and Higher Education Disruptions During COVID-19
Arielle Kuperberg, Danny Turkson, Joan Maya Mazelis, Katherine Fredricks, and Anurag Pant
Forging Pathways: How Low-Income STEM Students Navigate College on a Free Tuition Program
Taylor Wilby, Sarah Madsen, and Nathan F. Alleman
Research Briefs
Complicating Understandings of Low-Income Students’ Financial Stress and Well-Being in Order to Inform Institutional Support
Khalilah R. Lauderdale, Ralitsa Todorova, and Zoë B. Corwin
Impacts of the Besse Scholarship on College Attendance: An Evaluation of a Rural Scholarship Program
Andrew M. Mertig, Julie Dilling, Wayne Thompson, and Jennifer Flatt
