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Direct linkBillings, Meredith S.; Gándara, Denisa; Li, Amy Y. – New Directions for Community Colleges, 2021
Promise programs are an increasing popular solution to improving college affordability, reducing educational inequities, and promoting economic development. Promise programs are distinct from other forms of financial aid because they emphasize residency in their eligibility criteria, where students must live and/or attend school in specific…
Descriptors: Tuition Grants, Scholarship Funds, Eligibility, Place of Residence
Download full textHauptman, Arthur M.; Merisotis, Jamie P. – 1989
More than $25 billion in financial aid in 1988 is awarded annually to students attending postsecondary education. The aid covers about the same percentage of college costs that it did in 1970, but the impact of veterans' education benefits and social security benefits is no longer significant, and loans now make up one-half the total aid, having…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Economically Disadvantaged, Eligibility, Financial Services
