Federal Student Financial Aid Awards as Subsidies for Higher Education: What Kinds of Institutions Are We Supporting?.

Rose, David C.; Sorenson, Robert L.

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ERIC Number: EJ436090

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1991

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Federal Student Financial Aid Awards as Subsidies for Higher Education: What Kinds of Institutions Are We Supporting?

Rose, David C.; Sorenson, Robert L.

Research in Higher Education, v32 n5 p525-38 Oct 1991

A study attempted to identify the college types that benefit most from federal student aid by examining how institutional quality, institutional mission, and average student costs of attendance covaried with students' average grant, loan, and work-study aid awards in 254 4-year public and 499 4-year private colleges and universities. (Author/MSE)

Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Federal Aid, Federal Programs, Grants, Higher Education, Institutional Characteristics, Institutional Mission, Institutional Research, Private Colleges, Public Colleges, Student Costs, Student Financial Aid, Student Loan Programs, Work Study Programs

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Audience: Administrators; Practitioners

Language: English

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