Is HOPE enough? Impacts of receiving and losing merit-based financial aid

Educational Policy

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 686-709

  Henry, Gary T ^a   Rubenstein, Ross ^b   Bugler, Daniel T ^c  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Chicago Public Schools   (United States)

Author keywords

Higher education policy; Merit based aid; Persistence; Student financial aid

Indexed keywords

EID: 7544245245     PISSN: 08959048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0895904804269098     Document Type: Review

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