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ERIC Number: EJ595241
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1999
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ISSN: ISSN-0009-5982
Dashed Hopes for Increasing Access to Higher Education.
Hebel, Sara
Chronicle of Higher Education, v46 n9 pA33-A34,36,38 Oct 22 1999
The experiences of California college and university students suggest that Hope credits and Lifetime Learning credits, federal tax credits designed to help working students and middle-class families afford college, are having a limited impact. Award calculation, income limits, tax liability policy, college costs, and financial aid all affect the value of the credits to individual students. (MSE)
Descriptors: Access to Education, Educational Finance, Educational Trends, Federal Government, Higher Education, Income, Paying for College, Public Policy, Student Costs, Student Financial Aid, Tax Credits, Tuition
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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Identifiers: California; Hope Scholarship Program; Lifetime Learning Tax Credit