Is Merit-Based Student Aid Really Trumping Need-Based Aid?.

Longanecker, David

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Publication Date: 2002

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Is Merit-Based Student Aid Really Trumping Need-Based Aid?

Longanecker, David

Change, v34 n2 p30-37 Mar-Apr 2002

Explores how, while there are fears that the new emphasis on merit-based aid comes at the expense of aid to the most needy students, evidence suggests that it has not yet jeopardized need-based aid although it is clearly rapidly increasing. (EV)

Descriptors: Financial Needs, Higher Education, Low Income Groups, Merit Scholarships, Paying for College, Student Financial Aid, Student Needs

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative

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Language: English

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