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The shift away from need-blind: colleges have started their version of "wallet biopsies." - higher education institutions admit students on economic status criteria

by Anita M. Seline , June 21, 2007

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Total Fall Enrollment is Four-Year and Two-Year Institutions of Higher Education in the United States.

Figures reported in thousands

1990

All students    13,319
Full-time        7,821
Part-time        5,998

1993

All students    14,306
Full-time        8,128
Part-time        6,178

2000 (Projected)

Total           15,522
Full-time        8,624
Part-time        6,898

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Digest of Education Statistics, 1995.

Anticipated Change in Need-Blind Policy

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