February 3, 2006

At Private Colleges, Share of Aid to Wealthy Families Rose in 1990s

By DAVID GLENN

Students from wealthy families received much more financial aid from private colleges in 2000 than they did in 1993, according to a policy paper that was posted on the Web site of Education Sector, a new, Washington-based research group. The aid offered to students from low-income families remained relatively stagnant, the paper says.

"This is a very significant trend, and it's something that I think the public really is not aware of," Kevin Carey, the organization's manager of

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