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Advisory Committee on Student Financial Assistance, 2013
The Advisory Committee was created by Congress in the "Higher Education Amendments of 1986" to be an independent and nonpartisan source of knowledge, advice, and counsel to Congress and the Secretary of Education on federal, state, and institutional postsecondary student assistance. One of the most important analytical directives in the…
Descriptors: Student Financial Aid, Low Income Groups, College Graduates, Graduation Rate
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Mckinney, Lyle – Florida Journal of Educational Administration & Policy, 2009
The Bright Futures Scholarship (BFS), Florida's lottery-funded, merit-based scholarship program, has been a source of both praise and criticism since its 1997 inception. Proponents of the scholarship assert the program has achieved the desired goals of making college more affordable for state residents and encouraging the brightest students to…
Descriptors: Efficiency, Criticism, Policy Analysis, Scholarships