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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
Van Alstyne, Carol – 1979
An analysis is made of the way data were treated in several studies which concluded that family incomes have increased as fast as college costs and that there is no special difficulty in paying for higher education for middle income families. Trends in tuition costs are confounded by presenting average tuition data aggregated for all types of…
Descriptors: College Students, Data Analysis, Family Income, Financial Problems
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