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Stephenson, Mary J. – 1976
A study explored changing family patterns among married middle and upper middle class women students over thirty with family intact. Eighty-seven homemaker-students enrolled at the Universlty of Maryland, College Park campus, during the spring semester, 1975, responded to a written questionnaire regarding their family patterns of decision making…
Descriptors: Change, College Students, Decision Making, Family Involvement
Peer reviewedHarter, Elizabeth A. – Journal of Education Finance, 1999
Examines detailed school spending and achievement data for over 2,800 Texas elementary schools for 1992-93. A school's student poverty rate is the most important factor influencing student performance. Results emphasize the importance of spending for exemplary teaching, basic supplies, and maintenance. Certain expenditures correlate with lower…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Finance, Elementary Education, Expenditures
Download full textPresley, Jennifer B.; Clery, Suzanne B. – 2001
This report provides a profile of middle income undergraduates in comparison to their lower income and higher income counterparts and examines where middle income students enroll by price of attendance and how they and their families pay for college. Data are from the 1995-1996 National Postsecondary Student Aid Study (NPSAS:96). Middle income…
Descriptors: College Choice, Enrollment, Ethnicity, Family Income
Frances, Carol; Morning, Carole – Higher Education Extension Service Review, 1993
This newsletter issue focuses on the roles played by higher education finance and student financial aid in ensuring broad access to higher education. Specifically, the report discusses trends in family income and college costs that affect the need for student aid. The report finds that income remains a primary determinant of students' educational…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Educational Opportunities, Educational Trends, Family Income
Hodgkinson, Virginia Ann – Public Policy Monograph Series, 1981
The initial impact of the Middle Income Student Assistance Act (MISAA) was analyzed by comparing student aid recipients and student aid packaging before and after the passage of the Act. Student aid records from a national sample of aid recipients attending independent colleges and universities from 1978-79 through 1979-80 were assessed. In…
Descriptors: College Students, Family Income, Federal Legislation, Grants
Andersen, Charles J. – 1986
The estimated percentage of full-time undergraduates who received aid in fall 1984 is reported, along with the total amount they received, the distribution of aided students by families' income level, and the composition of aid packages. Information is also provided on student debt, the use of special tuition plans, and how student employment…
Descriptors: College Students, Debt (Financial), Dependents, Family Income
