Understanding the Promise: A Typology of State and Local College Promise Programs

Educational Researcher

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2018, Pages 155-180

  Perna, Laura W ^a   Leigh, Elaine W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

cluster analysis; financial aid; policy analysis; postsecondary education; promise programs

Indexed keywords

EID: 85042095168     PISSN: 0013189X     EISSN: 1935102X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/0013189X17742653     Document Type: Article

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