Come and stay a while: Does financial aid effect retention conditioned on enrollment at a large public university?

Economics of Education Review

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 459-471

  Singell Jr , Larry D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Financial aid; Retention

Indexed keywords

HIGHER EDUCATION;

EID: 2942724162     PISSN: 02727757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econedurev.2003.10.006     Document Type: Article

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