Estimating the responsiveness of college applications to the likelihood of acceptance and financial assistance: Evidence from Texas

Economics of Education Review

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 104-115

  Andrews, Rodney J ^a   Ranchhod, Vimal ^b   Sathy, Viji ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

College choice; Targeted recruitment; Top Ten Percent Rule

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION METHOD; FINANCIAL PROVISION; HIGHER EDUCATION; SECONDARY EDUCATION; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY SECTOR;

TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 73849103250     PISSN: 02727757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econedurev.2009.04.004     Document Type: Article

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