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Promising Practice: Private Programs Guaranteeing Student Aid for Higher Education. Report to the Chairman, Committee on Labor and Human Resources, U.S. Senate.
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General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. Program Evaluation and Methodology Div. – 1990
The study examined early tuition-guarantee programs for disadvantaged students to determine their characteristics, key issues, and effectiveness. The study found four different types of programs: (1) sponsorship programs in which one individual or organization provides intensive academic help, mentoring, and other services to a small, broad-based…
Descriptors: College Programs, Disadvantaged, Donors, Higher Education