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The growth of merit scholarships, based on grades rather than need, has fueled a national debate over the very meaning of scholarships, and who should get them. About 10 years ago, some states started offering more of these scholarships in order to keep bright students at home. As a result, between 1992 and 2000, the percentage of students from families earning $100,000 or more who get state grants grew seven times faster than those earning less than $20,000, according to the Department of Education. In Georgia, the first state to offer the scholarships, the grants do not seem to help many more...