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I Love You, Brad, But You Reduce My Student Loan Eligibility: The Perils of Marriage in Canadian Student Assistance Programs

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Usher, Alex – Online Submission, 2004

This short paper examined the effects of marriage on eligibility for student assistance programs. Being married as a student has a number of possible effects on eligibility for student assistance depending on one's age and the employment status of one's partner. A few are positive; they result in greater eligibility for assistance. Some are…

Descriptors: Employment Level, Eligibility, Educational Finance, Marriage

African American Family Life: Ecological and Cultural Diversity. Duke Series in Child Development and Public Policy

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McLoyd, Vonnie C., Ed.; Hill, Nancy E., Ed.; Dodge, Kenneth A., Ed. – Guilford Publications, 2005

This volume brings together leading experts from different disciplines to offer new perspectives on contemporary African American families. A wealth of knowledge is presented on the heterogeneity of Black family life today; the challenges and opportunities facing parents, children, and communities; and the impact on health and development of key…

Descriptors: Cultural Pluralism, Public Policy, Cultural Differences, Sociocultural Patterns