Traditional Financial Aid Packages May Be Less Helpful for Older, Working Adults
Although college enrollment increased significantly over the last few decades, fewer than half of all adults have earned a postsecondary
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The Kalamazoo Promise—Keeping Its Promise to Expand College Enrollment and Completion
More than 150 communities throughout the country have adopted place-based college scholarships, and several states now offer similar tuition-free programs
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Unintended Consequences—How Targeting Schools for Special Benefits in France Can Do More Harm Than Good
Compensatory education policies—policies aimed at offsetting educational inequalities between socially and academically disadvantaged children and more advantaged students—are widely used
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Too many low-income college students don’t graduate, but a program that aims to address all challenges can help
One decade after high school completion, only 14 percent of low-income students in the United States have attained a bachelor’s
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