| #2466854 in Books | Vanderbilt University Press | 2005-10-28 | 2008-01-05 | Ingredients: Example Ingredients | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 9.02 x.94 x5.98l,1.52 | File type: PDF | 360 pages | ||4 of 4 people found the following review helpful.| The ideal observer|By Craig K. Comstock|If we were to invent the ideal author for writing the history of American student aid, we might specify a person who knows the college scene very closely but has a distance on it, who has long nurtured a concern with the way elites are educated, and who writes with grace and vigor. Rupert Wilkinson began his career with a brilliant compar||The media, higher education leaders, state and federal policy makers, administrators all will benefit from Wilkinson's analysis. |--Lawrence E. Gladieux, Former Washington Director, The College Board
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From the first scholarship donated to Harvard in 1643 to today's world of "enrollment management" and federal grants and loans, the author gives a lively social and economic history of the conflicting purposes of student aid and makes proposals for the future. His research for this book is based on archives and interviews at 131 public and private institutions across the United States.
In the words of Joe Paul Case, Dean and Director of Financial Aid, Amherst C...
You can specify the type of files you want, for your gadget.Aiding Students, Buying Students: Financial Aid in America | Rupert Wilkinson. A good, fresh read, highly recommended.
