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ERIC Number: EJ593384
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1999
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ISSN: ISSN-0010-0951
Scaling the Ivory Tower: The Enduring Importance of Need-Based Aid.
Macy, Beth
College Board Review, n188 p2-7,29-30 Aug 1999
A journalist and college instructor who attended college on a Pell Grant recounts her escape from poverty through education. She notes shifts in public policy toward financial aid through loans and tax credits rather than grants, but urges that the Pell Grant program be restored to the level of assistance provided youth from economically deprived backgrounds in the 1970s. (DB)
Descriptors: Federal Aid, Federal Programs, Financial Needs, Grants, Higher Education, Need Analysis (Student Financial Aid), Paying for College, Personal Narratives, Student Financial Aid, Student Needs
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: Pell Grant Program