Eligibility effects on college access: Under-represented student perceptions of Tennessee's merit aid program

Research in Higher Education

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 569-588

  Ness, Erik C ^a   Tucker, Richard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

College access; Financial aid; Higher education finance; Merit based scholarships

Indexed keywords

EID: 49249137542     PISSN: 03610365     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11162-008-9096-5     Document Type: Article

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