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A student receives a $5,000 external scholarship after already being awarded a comprehensive financial aid package by their university. The university then reduces the student's institutional grant aid by $3,000. This scenario is best described as:

A Financial aid leveraging
B Scholarship stacking
C Scholarship displacement
D Aid redistribution

✓ Correct Answer: Option C

Scholarship displacement occurs when a student's receipt of an external scholarship causes the institution to reduce its own need-based or merit-based aid, effectively 'displacing' the internal aid.

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