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ERIC Number: EJ286859
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1983
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Student Financial Aid and Equal Opportunity in Higher Education.
Higgins, A. Stephen
College and University, v58 n4 p341-61 Sum 1983
The relationship among financial aid, academic attrition, and student ability is discussed. With the assurance that no one was more equal than another, quantitative access resulted in a leveling process--the new game became mediocrity, not meritocracy. (MLW)
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Access to Education, Equal Education, Higher Education, School Holding Power, Student Attrition, Student Financial Aid
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Ball State University IN