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The price of admission : rethinking how Americans pay for college / Thomas J. Kane.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kane, Thomas J.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- College costs--United States.
- College costs.
- Student aid.
- United States.
- Student aid--United States.
- Government aid to education--United States.
- Government aid to education.
- Parents--United States--Finance, Personal.
- Parents.
- Finance, Personal.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 164 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, [1999]
- Summary:
- This book offers an overview of the many ways Americans pay for college, and state and federal financial aid policies. It also evaluates explanations for rise in college costs and promotes a package of reforms intended to squeeze more social bang from the many public bucks devoted to higher education.
- Contents:
- 2 How We Pay for College 20
- 3 Rising Costs in Higher Education 55
- 4 Has Financial Aid Policy Succeeded in Ensuring Access to College? 88
- 5 Rethinking How Americans Pay for College 128.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0815750145
- 0815750137
- OCLC:
- 41176591
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