June 21, 2002
Education Department Slights Impact of Aid Cuts, Researcher Says
The U.S. Education Department's studies of access to college have consistently underestimated the impact of cuts in federal need-based financial aid, a researcher at Indiana University at Bloomington charges in a report released late last month.
The Education Department says that it stands by its studies and calls the report "simplistic" and unfair.
"The Access Challenge: Rethinking the Causes of the New Inequality," prepared by the Indiana Education Policy Center, cites "a
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