Aiding students, buying students: financial aid in America

Wilkinson traces the history of undergraduate financial aid at American colleges and universities; the origins, purposes, and impacts of merit- and need-based aid; the federal government's role; the evolution of elite private institutions; and the current climate and concerns. The concluding ch...

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1. Verfasser: Wilkinson, Rupert (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Nashville, Tenn. Vanderbilt Univ. Press 2005
Ausgabe:1. ed.
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Zusammenfassung:Wilkinson traces the history of undergraduate financial aid at American colleges and universities; the origins, purposes, and impacts of merit- and need-based aid; the federal government's role; the evolution of elite private institutions; and the current climate and concerns. The concluding chapter lays out how these factors, combined with increasing costs of attending college, impact low-income minority students and how reforms on campuses and in Washington, DC, can better serve higher education and the more disadvantaged students.
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
Beschreibung:XIII, 346 S. Ill.
ISBN:0826515029

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