Private colleges' pricing experience in the early 1990s: The impact of rapidly increasing college-funded grants

Research in Higher Education

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 271-296

  Basch, Donald L ^a  

^a SIMMONS COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 0031161625     PISSN: 03610365     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024993906019     Document Type: Article

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