Full Description
Price signals received by lower income students, as well as educational decisions those price signals are prompting, have potentially serious consequences. Heller asserts that increased access to higher education institutions for lower income students must be established as a national priority-as an implicit promise to lower income families. This book clearly outlines the gap in college participation between rich and poor, stimulating discussion of barriers to postsecondary education for the most needy students.
Contents
1 Foreword by Juliet V. Garcia 2 Introduction by Donald E. Heller 3 College Access Issues for Lower Income Students 4 Educational Opportunity in America by Brian K. Fitzgerald and Jennifer A. Delaney 5 An Issue of Equity by John B. Lee 6 Student Aid Programs 7 Federal Student Aid in Historical Perspective by Lawrence E. Gladieux 8 State Student Aid and Student Access: The Changing Picture by Donald E. Heller 9 Changing Patterns of Institutional Aid: Impact on Access and Education Policy by Michael McPherson and Morton Owen Schapiro 10 Early Intervention, Remediation, and Support Services 11 Pre-college Outreach and Early Intervention Programs by Laura W. Perna 12 Beyond Money: Remediation and Support Services Strategies for Lower Income Students by David W. Breneman and Jamie P. Merisotis 13 The Future 14 The Demographic Window of Opportunity: Launching College Access and Diversity in the New Century by Anthony P. Carnevale and Richaed A. Fry 15 Policy Priorities and Political Realities by A. Clayton Spencer 16 Index
