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ERIC Number: EJ662150
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2002
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ISSN: ISSN-1077-3711
Pell Grant Awards as a Measure of Student Diversity at America's Highest-Ranked Colleges and Universities.
Journal of Blacks in Higher Education, n37 p103-107 Aut 2002
The percentage of students receiving Pell Grants at a given college or university is a useful, though short of perfect, measure of economic diversity within a student body. The Pell Grant percentage also provides some clues about racial diversity and the economic characteristics of black students in a particular college or university's student body. (SM)
Descriptors: Black Students, Diversity (Student), Enrollment Trends, Higher Education, Low Income Groups, Socioeconomic Status, Student Financial Aid, Tuition Grants
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Numerical/Quantitative Data
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Pell Grant Program