ERIC Number: EJ690313
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2004-Jan
Pages: 13
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ISSN: ISSN-1538-1927
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State Lotteries: Their Effect on Equal Access to Higher Education
Bowden, Randall G.; Elrod, Henry E.
Journal of Hispanic Higher Education, v3 n1 p73-85 Jan 2004
Many states (18 of 39) use revenue generated by lotteries to help fund higher education. The revenue is generated as a regressive tax disproportionately collected. As such, do state lotteries contribute toward facilitation of equal access to higher education for low-income and minority citizens? Given population trends, college enrollment, and graduation rates, lower income and minority groups do not have proportionate access to postsecondary education for which they help pay through purchasing lottery tickets.
Descriptors: Higher Education, Population Trends, Income, Enrollment, Graduation Rate, Educational Attainment, Minority Groups, Access to Education, State Aid, Postsecondary Education
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Publication Type: Information Analyses; Journal Articles
Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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