Tag: low-income students

Amid the economic setback of the pandemic and the ever-rising cost of higher education, financial burdens for low-income families have become amplified in recent...

Colleges and universities in Oregon will soon be adding a new position to their workforce. State lawmakers recently passed a mandate requiring all public...

After more than a year of declining enrollment at U.S. colleges and universities, some higher education institutions are seeing an admissions boom. Common App, which...

On Tuesday, a group of Democratic lawmakers led by Sen. Elizabeth Warren (MA) and Sen. Bernie Sanders (VT) proposed new legislation that would permanently...

For many students, every academic year poses new challenges and uncertainties on the road to a college degree. In 2020, those challenges frequently became...

Public college enrollment of low-income high school graduates declined at disproportionately higher rates during the COVID-19 pandemic than the previous academic year, according to...

Freshman enrollment has declined by more than 16 percent at U.S. colleges and universities in comparison to last year’s data, the National Student Clearinghouse...

The American Enterprise Institute (AEI), a conservative public policy think tank, recently published a report on student economic mobility across 1,107 four-year colleges and...

A newly released report from the National College Attainment Network (NCAN) shows there has been a steep decline in Free Application for Federal Student...

In an address to the American Association of Law Schools (AALS) in January, Johns Hopkins University (JHU) President Ronald J. Daniels urged colleges and...

As 2020 presidential candidates debate America’s student debt crisis, researchers are measuring the effectiveness of current college funding strategies such as College Promise programs. Promise...

As 2020 presidential candidates debate America’s student debt crisis, researchers are measuring the effectiveness of current college funding strategies such as College Promise programs. Promise...

President Donald Trump’s 2017 tax law, which was pushed through Congress in less than two months with the goal of simplifying the tax code, is having...

The Role Rankings Play in Colleges’ Efforts to Recruit and Graduate Low-Income Students In a country where “We’re number one!” may be the proudest boast of...

According to a recent study by the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis’ Opportunity & Inclusive Growth Institute, the U.S. would be better off financially...

Every summer, educators face the challenge of combatting “summer melt” — the term for the common scenario in which high school graduates plan to...

Parental emotional support is a key factor in college success for low-income students, according to a new study by Josipa Roksa, a professor of...

While many in higher education have long been aware of the disparity in dropout rates between low-income students and their wealthier peers, a number...

The role America’s top universities play in perpetuating socioeconomic and racial inequality The practice of giving admissions preference to legacy students, or children of alumni, is...

On June 14, the University of Chicago (UChicago) announced that starting next year, U.S. applicants to the school would no longer be required to...

As students and faculty return to college campuses this spring, they face a higher education landscape that is uncertain and volatile — and one...

In 1964, in response to existing and projected shortages in the nursing workforce, Congress passed legislation aimed at funding efforts to develop a more...

The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) released a report earlier this month showing that African Americans and students from low-income families struggle the...

President Donald Trump outlined his administration’s budget priorities last week in a blueprint for fiscal year 2018 that includes a $9 billion cut in...

Two out of three community college students struggle to afford food, and approximately 14 percent are homeless, according to a study released last week...

Next year’s college applicants are on the cusp of generations Y and Z; born in the mid to late 1990s, this intermediary group is...

The U.S. Department of Education announced this week that it will begin a pilot program to give high school students earlier access to Pell...

Launched in March 2014 with 156 partners, the Institute of International Education’s (IIE) Generation Study Abroad initiative has grown to include more than 600...

This fall, Maryville University in St. Louis, Mo., began using life coaches as a way to help students develop their personal, academic, and professional...

A scholarship program being piloted at the University of Michigan (UM) aims to increase diversity at the institution by awarding four-year, full-tuition scholarships to...

The Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) announces an initiative to improve success among underserved student populations, particularly first-generation, low-income, and minority students,...

When Riza Bautista started as an undergraduate student at Wesley College, a small liberal arts and minority-serving institution in Dover, Del., she decided to...