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Keeping up with the Joneses: Institutional Changes Following the Adoption of a Merit Aid Policy
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Griffith, Amanda L. – Economics of Education Review, 2011
The increasing use by private colleges and universities of financial aid based on "merit", as opposed to based solely on financial need has caused many to raise concerns that this type of aid will go mainly to higher income students crowding out aid to lower income students. However, some analysts suggest that by attracting more "almost…
Descriptors: Merit Scholarships, Student Financial Aid, Private Colleges, Enrollment
Keeping up with the Joneses: Institutional Changes Following the Adoption of a Merit Aid Policy. Revised
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Griffith, Amanda L. – Cornell Higher Education Research Institute, 2009
The increasing use by private colleges and universities of financial aid based on "merit", as opposed to based solely on financial need has caused many to raise concerns that this type of aid will go mainly to higher income students crowding out aid to lower income students. However, some analysts suggest that by attracting more "almost…
Descriptors: Financial Needs, Private Colleges, Student Financial Aid, Tuition