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Download full textLee, Jungmin – Journal of Student Financial Aid, 2016
This study tested the Bennett hypothesis by examining whether four-year colleges changed listed tuition and fees, the amount of institutional grants per student, and room and board charges after their states implemented statewide merit-based aid programs. According to the Bennett hypothesis, increases in government financial aid make it easier for…
Descriptors: Merit Scholarships, Student Costs, Hypothesis Testing, Change
Direct linkFrederick Thurber – ProQuest LLC, 2008
Louisiana concentrates its postsecondary financial aid funding in merit-based aid programs, as opposed to need-based aid programs. This study illuminates the distribution of Louisiana's merit-based financial aid program, Louisiana's Tuition Opportunity Program for Students (TOPS), to students from difference socioeconomic backgrounds by describing…
Descriptors: College Students, Tuition, Access to Education, Low Income Students
