The impact of financial aid on college gpa at three flagship public institutions

American Educational Research Journal

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 782-815

  Stater, Mark ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Achievement; Economics of education; Finance; Higher education

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951475820     PISSN: 00028312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/0002831208329903     Document Type: Article

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