Download or read book Keeping College Affordable written by Michael S. McPherson and published by Brookings Institution Press. This book was released on 1991 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book assesses the role of government subsidies for higher education -- especially but not exclusively federal student aid -- in keeping college affordable for Americans of all economic and social backgrounds. The authors examine the effects of student aid policies of the last twenty years.