The Role of State Policy in Promoting College Affordability

Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science

Volumn 655, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 56-78

  Delaney, Jennifer A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act; finance; higher education; state policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84907168862     PISSN: 00027162     EISSN: 15523349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0002716214535898     Document Type: Article

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