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Refinancing the college dream : access, equal opportunity, and justice for taxpayers / Edward P. St. John ; in collaboration with Eric H. Asker.
Van Pelt Library LB2342 .S8754 2003
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- St. John, Edward P.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Education, Higher--United States--Finance.
- Education, Higher.
- United States.
- Finance.
- Educational equalization--United States.
- Educational equalization.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 263 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2003.
- Summary:
- "A thorough critique of the past four decades of higher education assistance programs... A brave attempt to reconcile the progressive zeal for access and the conservative pressure for academic accountability." -- Connection
- Contents:
- Finding justice in public finance
- Rethinking assumptions
- Assessing the effects of policy
- The 1970s: equalizing educational opportunity
- The 1980s: middle-class assistance
- The 1990s: justice for taxpayers?
- The new inequality
- The role of finances
- A contingency approach to refinancing
- Improving access and equalizing opportunity.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-258) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0801872650
- OCLC:
- 50198549
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