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HOPE in the Media

"Fewer students to receive HOPE money because of how grades are calculated", Atlanta Journal Constitution, 31 Jul 07.

"It's Hard to Compete with Free", Chronicle of Higher Education, 6 Oct 2006.

"College Aid Fails to Reach Needy", Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 10 Sep 2006.

"Merit-Based College Scholarships Reassessed", All Things Considered, 11 May 2005.

"College Scholarships: Weighing Merit vs. Need", Talk of the Nation, 2 May 2005.

"As Merit-Aid Race Escalates, Wealthy Often Win", Washington Post, 19 Apr 2005.

"States, Colleges Increasing Merit-Based Financial Aid", Kansas City Star, 25 Feb 2005.

"Is HOPE a Virtue?", Marginal Revolution, 7 Feb 2005.

"Lawmakers Push Bills to Limit HOPE", Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 3 Feb 2004.

"College Already Affordable, Likely For Most Recipients", Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 11 Nov 2003 [Last in a 3-day, 8-article report on Georgia's HOPE Program; links to the other articles contained therein]. 

"Committee Holds Out Hope for HOPE", Channel 11 News (Atlanta NBC Affiliate), 19 Sep 2003. 

"Grades Mixed on Scholarships", Huntsville Times, 7 Aug 2003.

"HOPE Springs Eternal: Georgia's Scholarship Program, a Model for the Nation Experiences Financial Pains", National Crosstalk (a publication of the National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education), Summer 2003.

"Weighing Grades and the Lottery", Nashville Tennessean, 9 Mar 2003.

"Lottery Boosted Georgia Colleges", Memphis Commerical Appeal, 23 Feb 2003.

"Merit-Aid Programs Like Georgia's HOPE Scholarships Can Distort Students' Incentives, Scholars Say", The Chronicle of Higher Education, 6 Jan 2003.

"Lottery lessons: Visits to Georgia show what issues may lie ahead for Tennessee", The Tennessean, 24 Nov 2002.

"B's, Not Need, Are Enough for Some State Scholarships", New York Times, 31 Oct 2002.

"Georgia Lottery a Deal for Students", Memphis Commercial Appeal, 16 Oct 2002.

"Tennessee Supporters Look to Georgia as a Model", Athens Banner-Herald, 12 Oct 2002.

"More Students Win Scholarships Based on Merit, Not Need", Wall Street Journal, 23 Sep 2002.

"Report on the Harvard CRP Merit-Aid Study", Georgia Gazette, Georgia Public Radio, 30 Aug 2002.

"Is Promise Good or Bad? Depends on Whom You Ask", Charleston (WV) Gazette, 28 Aug 2002.

"Study Questions Merit Scholarships", Boston Globe, 27 Aug 2002.

"Hope Scholarships Widen Gap, Study Says"
, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 27 Aug 2002.

"Georgia's Merit-Based Scholarship Fund Draws Criticism", Fox News, 1 Jul 2002.

"College Aid's Middle-Class Shift", Washington Post, 4 Jun 2002.

"Stacking College Aid Endorsed", Charleston (WV) Gazette-Mail, 3 Mar 2002.

"The Lottery: How Would It Change North Carolina", Raleigh News and Observer, 22 Apr 2001.

"HOPE Dreams", Athens Daily News, 4 Mar 2001.

"Georgia Lottery Wildly Popular", Channel 4 News, WSMV, Nashville (NBC), 19 Feb 2001.

"Free-Tuition Plan Transforms the University of Georgia", New York Times, 4 Feb 2001.

"GA Scholarship Keeps Students In State", Education Week, 31 Jan 2001.

"Questioning the Merit of Merit Scholarships", Chronicle of Higher Education, 19 Jan 2001.


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