The impact of the Gates Millennium Scholars Program on college and post-college related choices of high ability, low-income minority students

Economics of Education Review

Volumn 38, Issue , 2014, Pages 124-138

  DesJardins, Stephen L ^a   McCall, Brian P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

College graduation; Debt accumulation; Regression discontinuity design

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE; ETHNIC MINORITY; HIGHER EDUCATION; LOW INCOME POPULATION;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84891131999     PISSN: 02727757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econedurev.2013.11.004     Document Type: Article

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