ERIC Number: ED561814
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2014-Nov
Pages: 1
Abstractor: ERIC
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Benefits Access for College Completion: Innovative Approaches to Meet the Financial Needs of Low-Income Students
Center for Postsecondary and Economic Success
Benefits Access for College Completion (BACC) was designed to help colleges develop new policies that increase low-income students' access to public benefits, easing their financial burden to allow them to finish school and earn postsecondary credentials. Colleges participating in BACC have developed and institutionalized scalable, sustainable organizational and funding policies and practices that connect low-income students to an array of public benefits. This brief reports on some of those strategies.
Descriptors: Graduation, Low Income Groups, Access to Education, Student Financial Aid, Paying for College, College Students, Costs
Center for Postsecondary and Economic Success. Available from: CLASP. 1200 18th Street NW Suite 200, Washington, DC 20036. Tel: 202-906-8000; Fax: 202-842-2885; Web site: http://www.clasp.org/postsecondary/about
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP), Center for Postsecondary and Economic Success; American Association of Community Colleges
Identifiers - Location: California; Kentucky; Michigan; New York; Ohio; Pennsylvania
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