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Question 10: What are the factors affecting the levels of grants and loans to post-secondary education students?

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The objective of this question scan was to locate research of potential relevance in determining what factors affect the level of grants and loans given to post-secondary education students. Searches applying applicable terms to four major databases initially yielded 247 documents. Subsequent examination of article abstracts reduced this number to 167.

The majority of articles located in this question scan come from the United States. The considerable number of reports may be due to the influence of politics on funding, a phenomenon particularly evident in the U.S. over the last two or three decades. In addition to the ideological interests and practices of ruling political parties, economic and social conditions influence grant and loan levels. As might be expected, in some articles all three issues are topics of inquiry or concern.

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