The nexus between scholarship programs and higher education

Abstract

This study explores the effect of non-government scholarship programs on students' pursuit of higher education at the graduate and postgraduate level in Bangladesh. The study employed a self-administered questionnaire. It also explored general information about educational scholarships and determined the demographic profile of respondents within respective scholarship programs while pursuing higher education at the university level. The study's respondents comprised 330 students from different public universities, covering Bangladesh's five divisions: Rajshahi, Rangpur, Khulna, Barisal, and Dhaka. The study employed descriptive analysis, Pearson correlation analysis, and regression analysis in testing the hypothesis. Numerical findings from the study suggested that, with the exception of two dimensions-the non-government scholarship program career dimension (p = 0.222) and educational dimension (p = 0.490)-the other five remaining dimensions, consisting of the personal dimension, financial dimension, research and collaboration dimensions, motivational and promotional dimensions, and the intangible dimension, have significant positive effects (p = 0.000) on the dependent variable, which is higher education. Therefore, the evidence suggests that scholarship programs positively affect students pursuing higher education in Bangladesh.

Impact of Scholarships on Student Success: A Case Study of the University of Turbat, Pakistan

“…In a correlation investigation, Bliven and Jungbauer (2021) established that student motivation, self-determination, and persistence were positively related to student recognition programmes, acknowledging the students' efforts and other achievements in university. In addition, Rana, et al (2021) argued that scholarships enhanced the quality and standards of education among the scholarship recipients and further recommended that some scholarship programmes were less holistic, which may not be able to cover the whole expenses of the students. In a recent empirical investigation, Mulyaningsih, et al (2022), found that in Indonesia, large-scale targeted government scholarships had a very strong impact on students' performance, in particular, those who were least privileged and lived lives in poor conditions.…”