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Peer reviewedHoward, Adam – About Campus, 2001
More economically disadvantaged students are attending college than ever before, yet only a small percentage of them actually graduate. As the author points out, helping students get into college is only half the battle. Along with financial support, these students need academic and social support, as well as supportive relationships. (BF)
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, College Attendance, College Students, Economically Disadvantaged
Direct linkHoward, Adam; Levine, Arthur – About Campus, 2004
Shifts in federal financial aid policies over the past two decades have made college attendance increasingly difficult for the nation's poorest students. Furthermore, once these students do enroll, they lag far behind their more economically advantaged peers in graduation rates. Because financial aid increasingly emphasizes loans over grants, many…
Descriptors: Debt (Financial), Social Class, Low Income, Tax Credits
