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9781573565349

Financing a College Education How It Works, How It's Changing

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    9781573565349

  • ISBN10:

    1573565342

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 1999-02-11
  • Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
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Summary

In Financing a College Education, 15 prominent policy analysts and higher education specialists describe how student costs at U.S. postsecondary institutions are met, why and how student aid policy and practice have changed over the last few years, and what enhancements to current programs would make the system more equitable. The book's first part describes the massive and unwieldy--but vitally important--system of federal, state, private, and institutional financial aid for students. The second part discusses controversial student aid issues that are currently high on the national agenda; in particular, the shift away from ensuring access and toward making college more affordable for students from middle-class families.

Author Biography

JACQUELINE E. KING is director of federal policy analysis at the American Council on Education (ACE).

Table of Contents

List of Figures
List of Tables
Preface
Contributors
Introduction by D. Bruce Johnstone
How Financing a College Education Works
How Do Students and Families Pay for College? by John B. Lee
College Costs: Who Pays and Why It Matters So by Gordon C. Winston
Need Analysis: How We Decide Who Gets What by Sandy Baum
The Student Aid Industry by Michael Mumper
The Changing Characteristics of Undergraduate Borrowers by Kenneth E. Redd
How Financing a College Education is Changing
The New Politics of Higher Education by A. Clayton Spencer
Merit-Based versus Need-Based Aid: The Continual Issues for Policymakers by Joseph D. Creech
Student Aid after Tax Reform: Risks and Opportunities by Thomas J. Kane
State Policy Response to the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997 by Kristin D. Conklin
Crisis or Convenience: Why Are Students Borrowing More? by Jacqueline E. King
Financial Aid Is Not Enough: Improving the Odds for Minority and Low-Income Students by Lawrence E. Gladieux and Watson Scott Swail
Conclusion by Jacqueline E. King

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