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Making State Merit Scholarship Programs More Equitable And Less Vulnerable, Aaron N. Taylor Jan 2013

Making State Merit Scholarship Programs More Equitable And Less Vulnerable, Aaron N. Taylor

All Faculty Scholarship

Since the 1993 arrival of Georgia’s Helping Outstanding Pupils Educationally (HOPE) Program, meritscholarships have become popular tools for states seeking to maximize human capital within their borders. However, research has concluded both that the bulk of merit scholarships goes to students with the least financial need and the popularity of these programs has led to a de-emphasis on need-based scholarshipfunding in some states. These trends are even more worrisome when these programs are funded by lottery revenue, as is the case with HOPE. Lotteries are inherently regressive because the people who play (and pay related taxes) tend to be poor …


The Promise Of International Tax Scholarship And Its Implications For Research Design, Theory, And Methodology, Diane Ring Jan 2010

The Promise Of International Tax Scholarship And Its Implications For Research Design, Theory, And Methodology, Diane Ring

Saint Louis University Law Journal

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The Kidney Donor Scholarship Act: How College Scholarships Can Provide Financial Incentives For Kidney Donation While Preserving Altruistic Meaning, Jake Linford Jan 2009

The Kidney Donor Scholarship Act: How College Scholarships Can Provide Financial Incentives For Kidney Donation While Preserving Altruistic Meaning, Jake Linford

Saint Louis University Journal of Health Law & Policy

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