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The authors have interviewed many promising students who have deferred attending graduate or professional schools due to a lack of financial resources. The authors reviewed the 10 top-tier private colleges/universities in the country with endowments of more than $1 billion to make recommendations on scholarship and financial aid expenditures.
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Howard, J., Scott, L., Howard, D., Freeman, A. (2022). Academic Encumbrances: Endowments Are for Scholarships. In: Farazmand, A. (eds) Global Encyclopedia of Public Administration, Public Policy, and Governance. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-66252-3_4102
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