Chen, XiangleiNunnery, Annaliza2020-10-142020-10-142019-10-01http://hdl.handle.net/10919/100546The primary objectives behind postsecondary financial aid programs are to increase access, improve affordability, and promote equal opportunity and college success for postsecondary students (Gillen 2010). Low-income students are frequently a topic of higher education research precisely because they have the greatest need with respect to all three of these objectives (Bellin 2015; Tilak 2010). This report presents a profile of low-income undergraduates in 2015–16, and examines policies and programs designed to assist these students.application/pdfenPublic Domainlow-income studentsstudent financial aidhigher education accessReporthttps://nces.ed.gov/pubs2020/2020460.pdf