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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