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Journal of Student Financial Aid
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The Impact of Florida’s Bright Futures Scholarship Program on High School Performance and College Enrollment
Volume 38, No. 1, 2008 p. 5
by Steve Harkreader, John Hughes, Melanie Hicks Tozzi, and Gary Vanlandingham
Florida's Bright Futures program is one of the nation's largest
merit-based scholarship initiatives. This study used high school
transcript and college enrollment data to examine the program's
impact on high school course-taking patterns, school grades, college
entrance exam scores, and rates of college attendance over
time. The study indicates that the program has contributed to
educational improvements by encouraging high school students
to take academically challenging courses and attend college in
the state, with low-income and minority students showing the
largest improvements.