Need-Based Aid, Racial Proportionality, and the College Work-Study Program of the National Youth Administration, 1934-1943
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| Title: | Need-Based Aid, Racial Proportionality, and the College Work-Study Program of the National Youth Administration, 1934-1943 |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Scott Gelber (ORCID |
| Source: | History of Education Quarterly. 2026 66(1):3-22. |
| Availability: | Cambridge University Press. 100 Brook Hill Drive, West Nyack, NY 10994. Tel: 800-872-7423; Tel: 845-353-7500; Fax: 845-353-4141; e-mail: subscriptions_newyork@cambridge.org; Web site: https://www.cambridge.org/core/what-we-publish/journals |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 20 |
| Publication Date: | 2026 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Descriptive |
| Education Level: | Higher Education Postsecondary Education |
| Descriptors: | Need Analysis (Student Financial Aid), Student Financial Aid, Disproportionate Representation, Work Study Programs, Higher Education, College Students, Educational History, Federal Aid, Federal Programs, Educational Policy, Program Implementation, African American Students, Access to Education |
| DOI: | 10.1017/heq.2025.10092 |
| ISSN: | 0018-2680 1748-5959 |
| Abstract: | Often overshadowed by the GI Bill, the National Youth Administration (NYA) supervised the first federal need-based financial aid program in the United States. Tracing the origin of federal aid back to the era of the NYA reveals that the rationale for need-based assistance rests closer to the core of the American policymaking tradition. This article contributes to previous histories of the NYA by demonstrating how its decentralized implementation empowered local college officials who jeopardized the program's needs-based intent. Meanwhile, this localized administration also facilitated the NYA's unusual and relatively successful support for Black college students. |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Entry Date: | 2026 |
| Accession Number: | EJ1505689 |
| Database: | ERIC |
| Abstract: | Often overshadowed by the GI Bill, the National Youth Administration (NYA) supervised the first federal need-based financial aid program in the United States. Tracing the origin of federal aid back to the era of the NYA reveals that the rationale for need-based assistance rests closer to the core of the American policymaking tradition. This article contributes to previous histories of the NYA by demonstrating how its decentralized implementation empowered local college officials who jeopardized the program's needs-based intent. Meanwhile, this localized administration also facilitated the NYA's unusual and relatively successful support for Black college students. |
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| ISSN: | 0018-2680 1748-5959 |
| DOI: | 10.1017/heq.2025.10092 |
