College aid policy and competition for diversity

Review of Higher Education

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 403-430

  Melguizo, Tatiana ^a   Chung, Anna ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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EID: 84858270764     PISSN: 01625748     EISSN: 10907009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/rhe.2012.0021     Document Type: Article

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