Orozco, VianyMayo, Lucy2018-07-162018-07-162011-01-20http://hdl.handle.net/10919/83991In order to reverse the troubling low graduation rates at our nation’s community colleges, low-income students must stop being financially penalized for attending these institutions. As this brief outlines, low-income students who attend community college receive less state and institutional grant aid, on average, than their counterparts at four-year public universities. Community College Students and Grant Aid recommends that states equalize their need-based grant allocation and that community colleges prioritize need-based institutional aid. The brief also highlights the need to strengthen community colleges’ fundraising capabilities, for their limited financial resources limit their ability to award institutional grants.application/pdfen-USCreative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 InternationalCommunity college studentshigher education costsstudent financial aideducation, higher--United States--CostsReporthttp://www.demos.org/sites/default/files/publications/BRIEF_CommunityCollegeStudents_GrantAid_Demos.pdf