Low-income students

A new survey of enrollment leaders at 159 colleges and universities across the country shows how enrollment practices could potentially change following updates to the National Association for College Admission…

Everyone makes trade-offs in balancing family, community, education, and careers, but a new book shows how first-generation and low-income college students face especially complex ethical dilemmas.

Medical education involves many expenses beyond tuition—a nearly constant stream of fees that can prove especially challenging for aspiring physicians from low-income families.

Jack joined Georgetown Professor Marcia Chatelain in a campus conversation sponsored by the Georgetown Scholars Program.

The Free Application for Federal Student Aid purports to determine college students’ need for financial assistance, but the formula used to calculate families’ expected contribution often leaves them facing a…

At a time when many colleges are working to diversify their athletics rosters, Amherst College says its initiative to recruit student-athletes of color can and should be replicated at institutions…

2020 Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg recently announced a $500 billion plan to make public colleges tuition-free for families earning $100,000 or less annually.

State investment in undergraduate financial aid grew more in 2017-18 than in any other year in the past decade.

California has amended its state Penal and Education Code to replace the term “at-risk youth” with “at-promise youth.” Advocates hope the small change will help shift how educators think about…

More than 90 percent of private foundations interested in funding higher education are prioritizing college access and success for low-income and first generation students.