RT Journal Article SR Electronic T1 Federal Grants and Educational Equity JF Harvard Educational Review JO herp FD Harvard Educational Press SP 444 OP 459 DO 10.17763/haer.52.4.g7507357210813w5 VO 52 IS 4 A1 Levin, Henry YR 1982 UL http://harvardeducationalreview.org/content/52/4/444.abstract AB The national concern for equity and its specific educational forms are complex issues,fraught with controversy and characterized by widely different philosophical and educational perspectives. Nevertheless, it is important to understand some of the reasons for the existence of this concern in order to see its implications for grant policies.