| Author(s): | Hahn, R., and Price, D |
| Title: | Promise lost: College-qualified students who don't enroll in college |
| Source: | http://www.ihep.org/assets/files/publications/m... |
| Date: | 2008 |
| Organization: | Institute for Higher Education Policy |
| Short Description: | Improving access to college for underserved students requires policies informed by the perspectives that counselors and college-qualified students have on barriers to college access. To contribute to a better understanding of these perspectives, the Institute for Higher Education Policy (IHEP) carried out two national surveys, one of college-qualified high school graduates and another of high school counselors. |
| Annotation: | Improving access to college for underserved students requires policies informed by the perspectives that counselors and college-qualified students have on barriers to college access. To contribute to a better understanding of these perspectives, the Institute for Higher Education Policy (IHEP) carried out two national surveys, one of college-qualified high school graduates and another of high school counselors. Results from the two surveys pointed to the need for policy intervention or further research in the following five categories: college cost and the availability of aid, the steps to enroll in college, opportunity cost, economic mobility, and transparency about the amount and types of financial aid available. |
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