Student aid simplification: Looking back and looking ahead

National Tax Journal

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 211-234

  Dynarski, Susan ^a,b   Wiederspan, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

College application; College financial aid; Complexity; FAFSA

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877757879     PISSN: 00280283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17310/ntj.2012.1.08     Document Type: Article

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