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Download full textChoy, Susan P.; Berker, Ali M. – 2003
As debate continues over who should get what kinds of aid to attend college, it is important to know what students and their families are actually paying for college, where the money is coming from, and how students' methods of paying vary with their family income and the type of institution they attend. To inform these debates, this report uses…
Descriptors: Grants, Low Income Groups, Parent Financial Contribution, Paying for College
Choy, Susan P.; Henke, Robin R. – 1992
This report describes the role of parents in providing financial support for their financially dependent undergraduate children. It presents information on the extent to which parents provide their children with gifts, loans, and in-kind contributions; the amounts they provide; how the amounts compare with the expected family contributions…
Descriptors: Credit (Finance), Family Financial Resources, Family Income, Financial Support
Choy, Susan P.; Premo, Mark D. – 1996
This report uses data from the National Postsecondary Student Aid Study and the Beginning Postsecondary Students Longitudinal Study to examine how low income undergraduates (with family incomes below 125 percent of the federally established poverty threshold) finance their postsecondary education, focusing on the importance of financial aid. The…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Economic Factors, Enrollment Projections, Higher Education
