The Cost of Opportunity: Student Stories of College Affordability

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dc.contributor.authorEckerson Peters, Eleanoren
dc.contributor.authorVoight, Mamieen
dc.contributor.authorRoberson, Amanda Janiceen
dc.date.accessed2019-06-24en
dc.date.accessioned2019-08-02T19:30:53Zen
dc.date.available2019-08-02T19:30:53Zen
dc.date.issued2019-05-01en
dc.description.abstractThis report elevates students’ stories to contextualize and illuminate financial barriers to college access and success. The report. shares the perspectives and aspirations of 17 low-income and working-class students based on interviews IHEP conducted over two semesters of their college journeys. The report identifies opportunities for policymakers and institutional leaders to support all students through completion, grounded in students' experiences and the affordability challenges that they face.en
dc.description.sponsorshipThe Institute for Higher Education Policyen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://www.ihep.org/sites/default/files/uploads/docs/pubs/ihep_student_voices_full_report_v6_web_pages.pdfen
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/92659en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherThe Institute for Higher Education Policyen
dc.rightsCreative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internationalen
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/en
dc.subjectfinancial barriersen
dc.subjectbarriers to entry (postsecondary education)en
dc.subjectcollege affordabilityen
dc.subjectlow-income studentsen
dc.subjectworking-class studentsen
dc.titleThe Cost of Opportunity: Student Stories of College Affordabilityen
dc.typeReporten
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten

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