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Tierney, William G.; Venegas, Kristan M. – Journal of Higher Education, 2009
The authors do not quarrel with the assumption that increasing financial aid would boost college going. Yet a conundrum exists. Some state agencies have the potential to provide more resources than what college-bound students request. The federal government also has an excess of money in various aid programs. Of course, the authors do not ignore…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Access to Education, Paying for College, Student Financial Aid
Sells, Julia K. – 2001
The number of children in foster care has nearly doubled in recent years. Despite reform efforts, the U.S. child welfare system is not increasing the number of children who get adopted. The federal government spends over $12 billion annually on child welfare programs, but the growing government bureaucracy has allowed the problems to worsen. The…
Descriptors: Accountability, Adoption, Child Welfare, Children