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Aiding students, buying students : financial aid in America /
Wilkinson traces the history of undergraduate financial aid at American colleges and universities; the origins, purposes, and impacts of merit- and need-based aid; the federal government's role; the evolution of elite private institutions; and the current climate and concerns. The concluding ch...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Nashville :
Vanderbilt University Press,
2005.
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| Edición: | 1st ed. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Prologue. A gift goes awry
- pt. I. The American way of student aid
- 1. Setting the record straight
- 2. Aid in history : who got it, what shaped it
- 3. Enter Uncle Sam
- pt. II. The way of elite colleges
- 4. The roots of student aid
- 5. Merit and "self-help"
- 6. Seeking equity and order
- 7. Choosing the best
- 8. New strategies
- 9. Containing the market
- pt. III. Reforming the system
- Appendixes
- 1. The case of the charitable price fixers : U.S. v. Brown University et al.
- 2. Research strategy and limits
- 3. Interviews and archive research by state and institution
- 4. Watch your language : a glossary of financial aid.