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Peer reviewedHaveman, Robert; Smeeding, Timothy – Future of Children, 2006
Most Americans expect the nation's colleges and universities to promote the goal of social mobility to make it possible for anyone with ability and motivation to succeed. But according to Robert Haveman and Timothy Smeeding, income-related gaps both in access to and in success in higher education are large and growing. In the top-tier colleges and…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Social Mobility, College Role, Efficiency
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Direct linkAckerman, Robert; Young, Martha; Young, Rodney – Journal of Student Financial Aid, 2005
The Millennium Scholarship Program, which provides merit-based scholarships for Nevada's students, is designed to increase college participation, college persistence, and the number of in-state students enrolling in state institutions of higher education (IHEs). Data gathered over the past five years reflect that Nevada's Millennium Scholarship…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Merit Scholarships, Access to Education, State Government
Green, Thomas C. – College and University, 2005
Over the last century, Americans have formed a social contract with higher education through the development of and changes to student financial aid programs. These federal, state, and institutional programs are the manifestation of the value we place on who should and who does pay the costs of higher education. Grants versus loans and low-income…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Public Policy, Student Financial Aid, Access to Education
New England Resource Center for Higher Education, 2001
[New England Resource Center for Higher Education's] NERCHE's think tank members recently participated in a discussion of the competitive forces driving change in higher education. The discussion, facilitated by The Futures Project: Policy for Higher Education in a Changing World (www.futuresproject.org), revealed tremendous concern among faculty…
Descriptors: Student Financial Aid, Access to Education, Equal Education, Barriers
State Tuition, Fees, and Financial Assistance Policies for Public Colleges and Universities, 2005-06
Boatman, Angela; L'Orange, Hans – State Higher Education Executive Officers, 2006
This report, sixth in a series of updates by State Higher Education Executive Officers (SHEEO), is a comprehensive assessment of state policies related to public college and university tuition, fees, and financial aid. Significant variation was found among the states in the basic philosophy that guides decision making regarding tuition levels in…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Finance, Public Policy, Policy Formation
Wilkins, Theresa Birch – Office of Education, Federal Security Agency, 1951
Since the last publication of "Scholarships and Fellowships Available at Institutions of Higher Education" by the Office of Education as Bulletin 1936, No. 10, innumerable requests for current information have been received from school and college officials, parents, high-school and college students, and other persons interested in…
Descriptors: Educational History, Student Financial Aid, Access to Education, Fellowships
