Impact of funding on academic performance : an exploration of two South African universities

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dc.contributor.author Wildschut, Angelique
dc.contributor.author Megbowon, Ebenezer
dc.contributor.author Miselo, Amanda
dc.date.accessioned 2021-06-02T07:25:13Z
dc.date.available 2021-06-02T07:25:13Z
dc.date.issued 2020
dc.description.abstract Empirical evidence on the relationship between student funding and academic performance is unclear. Some studies have found a positive relationship, some have suggested a negative one, while others maintain that there is no relationship between them. Acknowledging that a range of factors, other than funding, impact on student success, in this paper, we aim to contribute to a small, but emerging, body of literature on the relationship between student funding and academic performance, proxied by the average individual academic mark for the year. We applied descriptive and inferential statistics to a dataset of 29,619 students registered at two South African universities for the 2018 academic year. The results highlight that in an examination of the impact of being funded by the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) in a bivariate context, it is possible to find a negative relationship with performance. However, at an aggregate level and controlling for the impact of other variables, a positive (albeit weak) and statistically significant correlation between being NSFAS funded and average academic performance emerges. en_ZA
dc.description.department Sociology en_ZA
dc.description.librarian hj2021 en_ZA
dc.description.uri http://journals.ukzn.ac.za/index.php/joe en_ZA
dc.identifier.citation Wildschut, Angelique, Megbowon, Ebenezer, & Miselo, Amanda. (2020). Impact of funding on academic performance: An exploration of two South African universities. Journal of Education (University of KwaZulu-Natal), (81), 29-49. https://dx.doi.org/10.17159/2520-9868/i81a02. en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn 0259-479X (print)
dc.identifier.issn 2520-9868 (online)
dc.identifier.other 10.17159/2520-9868/i81a02
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/2263/80191
dc.language.iso en en_ZA
dc.publisher University of KwaZulu-Natal, School of Education and Development en_ZA
dc.rights This article is is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License. en_ZA
dc.subject Academic performance en_ZA
dc.subject Student funding en_ZA
dc.subject South Africa (SA) en_ZA
dc.subject Higher education en_ZA
dc.subject Average individual scores en_ZA
dc.title Impact of funding on academic performance : an exploration of two South African universities en_ZA
dc.type Article en_ZA


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