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Journal of Student Financial Aid
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Advancing or Hindering the Next Generation? A Look at Financial Aid for Minority Graduate Students
Volume 41 • Number 2 • 2011
By Patricial G. Boyer and Bonita Butner
The purpose of this study is to examine the differences in financial aid awards and awarding patterns among African American, Hispanic and white graduate students. Through the theoretical lens of “disparate impact”, findings revealed that African American students received less institutional dollars and borrowed more money at both graduate and undergraduate levels.