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Olivas, Michael A. – Review of Higher Education, 2009
A surprising amount of litigation and legislation has erupted over undocumented college students. Victims at the federal level are the DREAM Act and immigration reform. Financial aid raises technical issues for undocumented college applicants and for the citizen children of undocumented parents. Generally, the undocumented are ineligible for…
Descriptors: College Students, Undocumented Immigrants, Student Financial Aid, Eligibility
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Ehrenberg, Ronald G.; Zhang, Liang; Levin, Jared M. – Review of Higher Education, 2006
This paper uses panel data for the 100 colleges and universities at which the largest number of National Merit Scholarship (NMS) winners enrolled in 2003 to test whether an expansion in the number of institutionally funded NMS winners at an institution is associated with a decline in the number of Pell Grant recipients at the institution. Our…
Descriptors: Merit Scholarships, Enrollment, Low Income Groups, Colleges
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Kaufman, Roger T.; Woglom, Geoffrey – Review of Higher Education, 2005
This article documents the changes in financial status among the top 49 liberal arts colleges between 1996 and 2001 by using Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) financial and enrollment data. These data show large disparities in net assets per student, expenses per student, and the subsidies per full-paying student and the…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Liberal Arts, Colleges, Economic Change
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Brooks, James H. – Review of Higher Education, 1984
The legal status of college students in relationship to the institution they attend is discussed, focusing on the contractual relationship, due process, access to education, First Amendment rights, search and seizure, federal aid regulation, residency requirements for voting, and the doctrine of academic abstention in legal matters. (MSE)
Descriptors: Access to Education, College Students, Constitutional Law, Contracts
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Griswold, Carolyn P. – Review of Higher Education, 1999
A study explored constraints experienced by policy researchers working for the National Commission on Student Assistance, founded in 1980 to investigate federal student-aid policy. It analyzed how political changes limited the scope of research questions, influenced reporting of results, and reduced effects of research on policymaking. Findings…
Descriptors: Federal Government, Federal Regulation, Higher Education, Policy Formation