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Download full textUsher, Alex – Online Submission, 2004
This short paper examined the effects of marriage on eligibility for student assistance programs. Being married as a student has a number of possible effects on eligibility for student assistance depending on one's age and the employment status of one's partner. A few are positive; they result in greater eligibility for assistance. Some are…
Descriptors: Employment Level, Eligibility, Educational Finance, Marriage
Howard, Lahoma J. – Online Submission, 2005
This paper is part of a larger study that focuses on how today's community college students are paying for their education. Analysis of the data collected for this study shows that students who cohabit display distinctly different characteristics than single, divorced and married students. These include such things as being more likely to have no…
Descriptors: College Students, Marital Status, Community Colleges, Interpersonal Relationship
