Financial aid: A broken bridge to college access?

Harvard Educational Review

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 39-63

  Long, Bridget Terry ^a   Riley, Erin ^b  

^a HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 34249829599     PISSN: 00178055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17763/haer.77.1.765h8777686r7357     Document Type: Article

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