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The history of college affordability in the United States from colonial times to the Cold War / Thomas Adam.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Adam, Thomas, 1968- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- College costs--United States--History.
- College costs.
- Education, Higher--United States--Finance--History.
- Education, Higher.
- Student aid--United States--History.
- Student aid.
- Student loans--United States--History.
- Student loans.
- History.
- Finance.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xvii, 195 pages.)
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, an imprint of The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc., [2020]
- System Details:
- text file
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Part I. College education as a public good
- Tuition, tuition waivers, and living expenses
- Scholarship endowments : memorializing donors, and shaping student bodies
- State, city, and church scholarship programs : from training teachers and ministers to the shaping of the states' economies
- Part II. College education as a personal pursuit
- Making rich college students pay tuition
- Expanding scholarship support for students in need
- Student loan funds : from marginal funding tool to mainstream acceptance
- Conclusion.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on print version record.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Adam, Thomas, 1968- History of college affordability in the United States from colonial times to the cold war
- ISBN:
- 9781498588447
- 1498588441
- Publisher Number:
- 40030218657
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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