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Study: Merit-Based Aid Overlooks Needy

Often white, high-income students benefit.

The study, which evaluated merit-based scholarship programs in Georgia, Florida, Michigan and New Mexico, found that aid is given disproportionately to white students and students from middle- to upper-income families who can better afford college.

Researchers found that:

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