"States doled out $13.6 billion in student aid in the 2017-18 academic year, up from $12.8 billion in 2016-17, according to an annual survey from the National Association of State Student Grant and Aid Programs," Education Dive reports.
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"Growth in state need-based aid has helped offset a decrease in the share of federal need-based aid, the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators points out.
However, states have also been increasing their merit-based aid, which is a form of non-need-based support. Between the 1996-97 and 2016-17 academic years, merit-based awards increased from 15% to 24% of the total grant aid states allocated to students, according to a recent report from Ithaka S+R."
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Publication Date: 11/15/2019
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