Increasing Student Financial Aid Programs: A Misdirected Means of Expanding Access?.

Fuller, Bruce

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Increasing Student Financial Aid Programs: A Misdirected Means of Expanding Access?

Fuller, Bruce

Research in Higher Education, 5, 1, 27-38, 76

Data collected in Los Angeles indicate that additional financial aid may have a diminishing impact on increasing access. The California Legislature-authorized study revealed that low levels of academic achievement, inadequate information, and inflexible admission policies are greater barriers to college for the poor than financial need. (Author/LBH)

Descriptors: Access to Education, Admission Criteria, Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Opportunities, Equal Education, Financial Support, Higher Education, Minority Groups, Student Financial Aid

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