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Missed Opportunities: Has College Opportunity Fallen Victim to Policy Drift?

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Fitzgerald, Brian K. – Change, 2004

Despite federal investments in student aid--plus tax credits exceeding $70 billion and state expenditures for institutions and students exceeding $65 billion--record high financial barriers erected by recent changes in tuition and financial aid have prevented hundreds of thousands of college-qualified high school graduates from enrolling in…

Descriptors: Paying for College, Economically Disadvantaged, High School Graduates, Higher Education

Affordability: Obtaining and Making Sense of Information about How Students, Families, and States Pay for Higher Education

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Finney, Joni E.; Kelly, Patrick J. – Change, 2004

Affordability--the ability of students and other funders to contribute to the support of colleges and universities--is a topic of increasing salience. In this Resource Review, we examine the affordability of college from two perspectives: from that of students and their families, and from that of the state. We also identify many references to…

Descriptors: Higher Education, State Aid, Resource Allocation, Public Policy