Low-income students and highly selective private colleges: Geography, searching, and recruiting

Economics of Education Review

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 495-503

  Hill, Catharine B ^a   Winston, Gordon C ^b  

^a VASSAR COLLEGE   (United States)

^b WILLIAMS COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Affordability; Financial aid; Low income access

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE; AID; EDUCATION; HIGHER EDUCATION; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; LOW INCOME POPULATION; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY SECTOR;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 77953022636     PISSN: 02727757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econedurev.2009.12.004     Document Type: Article

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