This article discusses the possible effects on community colleges of the increasing inclination of governments to channel aid to higher education through students, rather than to institutions directly, as exemplified by the Federal Basic Educational Opportunity Grant Program. A study of state grant recipients in five states indicates that student…

The impact of student financial aid policies, programs, and procedures on private college enrollment patterns is discussed. Because state subsidies to public institutions create a two-tiered pricing structure in higher education, independent institutions depend on those programs and policies that encourage college choice rather than access.…

The processes of choosing a college and being accepted by a college are analyzed, based on data on nearly 23,000 seniors from more than 1,300 high schools from the National Longitudinal Study of the Class of 1972. Econometric modeling and descriptive statistics are provided on: student behavior in selecting a college, choosing school/nonschool…