Factors Influencing Rates of Financial Aid Receipt among Private Institutions of Higher Education in Japan

• HOZAWA Yasuo

  JSPS Research FellowThe University of Tokyo The University of Tokyo

• SHIRAKAWA Yuji

  Waseda University

Bibliographic Information

Other Title

• 私立大学における奨学金受給率の規定要因
• シリツ ダイガク ニ オケル ショウガクキン ジュキュウリツ ノ キテイ ヨウイン

Abstract

This article explores factors that affect rates of financial aid receipt among private institutions of higher education in Japan, with the aim to understand whether academically well-prepared and needy students are awarded financial aid in those institutions. Using a survey dataset of chief financial officers of Japanese private four-year colleges and universities, an ordered logistic regression analysis of the rates of institutional aid receipt including tuition waivers and a linear multiple regression analysis of the percentage of recipients of Japan Scholarship Foundation (JSF) Scholarship Loans were conducted. The regression results are as follows:(1) the rates of institutional aid receipt are related to the age of the institution and the selectivity of students, but not to regional income levels or tuition amounts. The percentage of aid awardees is also not related to instructional costs. In institutions where many students receive institutional aid, there are a significant number of students who borrow JSF Type I Scholarship Loans (Interest-Free Loans).(2) While the rate of JSF Type IScholarship Loan recipients is related to the historical background of the institution, selectivity of students, and regional income levels, there is no correlation between JSF Type I Loan recipient rates and tuition. The type of departmentsand schools in an institution is also not relevant to that figure.(3) While the rate of JSF Type II Scholarship Loan (Interest Bearing Loan) recipients is not related to the historical background of an institution, the selectivity of students, regional income levels, tuition, and instructional costs affect it. The percentage of JSF Type I Scholarship Loan awardees is positively correlated to that of JSF Type II Scholarship Loans.

Journal

• The Journal of Educational Sociology

  The Journal of Educational Sociology 78 (0), 321-340, 2006

  THE JAPAN SOCIETY OF EDUCATIONAL SOCIOLOGY

Details

• CRID: 1390282680373934592
• NII Article ID: 110004836645
• NII Book ID: AN0005780X
• DOI: 10.11151/eds1951.78.321
• ISSN: 21850186
• ISSN: 03873145
• NDL BIB ID: 7993208
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