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Kwakye, Isaac; Kibort-Crocker, Emma; Lundgren, Mark – Washington Student Achievement Council, 2021
Higher education is increasingly important for individual wellbeing, the economic competitiveness of Washington state, and the state's recovery from the COVID-19 crisis. However, postsecondary enrollment trends have not kept pace with the state's changing economic needs and expanded financial aid programs. Issues with stagnant direct enrollment…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Postsecondary Education, Enrollment Trends
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Steinberg, Matthew P.; Piraino, Patrizio; Haveman, Robert – Review of Higher Education, 2009
Access to higher education in the United States is increasingly on the public policy agenda as funding constraints affect the realization of college attendance for many middle and low-income students. We use the Pell Grant as a proxy for low-income participation, and the percent of undergraduate students receiving a Pell Grant (Pell Prevalence…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Access to Education, Differences, College Attendance
Price, Hugh B. – Brookings Institution, 2007
This Opportunity 08 position paper advises that the next President of the United States should focus on lifting the achievement levels of our nation's schoolchildren. It recommends that the new President should mount a determined effort, together with states and local school districts, to boost the academic performance of low achievers by: (1)…
Descriptors: Low Achievement, Educational Change, Achievement Gains, School Districts