Student Financial Aid and Equal Opportunity in Higher Education.

Higgins, A. Stephen

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ERIC Number: EJ286859

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Publication Date: 1983

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Student Financial Aid and Equal Opportunity in Higher Education.

Higgins, A. Stephen

College and University, v58 n4 p341-61 Sum 1983

The relationship among financial aid, academic attrition, and student ability is discussed. With the assurance that no one was more equal than another, quantitative access resulted in a leveling process--the new game became mediocrity, not meritocracy. (MLW)

Descriptors: Academic Standards, Access to Education, Equal Education, Higher Education, School Holding Power, Student Attrition, Student Financial Aid

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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