Low-income students

For 60 years, federal TRIO programs have provided college preparation for millions of low-income and first-generation students and students with disabilities.

While two-year colleges haven’t been expressly targeted by the Trump administration’s higher education policies, they are feeling the effects—with significant implications for the nation’s students and workforce—community college leaders tell…

Since 1960, lower-income college students have, on average, seen smaller gains in their earnings potential compared to their higher-income peers, according to a new white paper.

The National Education Equity Lab offers prospective college students from severely underresourced schools access to college courses from top U.S. colleges and universities across the country in order to broaden…

Congressional Republicans’ proposed budget reconciliation bill and the Trump Administration’s proposed budget include changes and cuts to Pell Grants and other student service programs that could impact millions of low-income…

Some pre-college summer programs meant to support students from backgrounds historically underrepresented in higher education are changing their missions or ending altogether in response to state and federal policies.

Small religious colleges are working together to keep their doors open to the low-income, rural students they serve, according to The Hechinger Report.

Charlene Brown-McKenzie, alumna and Georgetown’s senior associate dean of students and executive director of access and success, talks to THE FEED about her experience as a Georgetown student and the…

U.S. colleges and universities are working to improve outreach to a group they have long neglected: Latine students.

A new report calls on U.S. colleges and universities to adopt a more flexible infrastructure that better meets the needs of today’s college students, who are increasingly facing financial challenges,…