State policy and the affordability of public higher education: The influence of state grants on persistence in Indiana

Research in Higher Education

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 401-428

  St John, Edward P ^a   Hu, Shouping ^b   Weber, Jeff ^c  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SETON HALL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Indiana Commission for Higher Education   (United States)

Author keywords

Finance; Policy; States; Student aid

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035429677     PISSN: 03610365     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1011002808866     Document Type: Article

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