Low-income students

Louisiana recently made the FAFSA mandatory for graduating high school students—and saw rapid gains. Will a similar policy produce Texas-sized results?…

A growing number of state governments are acknowledging the widespread food and housing insecurity on college campuses and taking steps to help.

Teams from public colleges and private universities confronted some of the toughest questions in higher education and collaborated on how to improve their students’ experiences and outcomes.

Edquity recently brought on Sara Goldrick-Rab, a leading expert on basic needs insecurity, to help expand its services to connect financially vulnerable college students with emergency aid.

The Center for First-generation Student Success recently designated Georgetown as a First Forward institution.

Eighteen schools will convene for three days at Georgetown next week to focus on equity-related challenges in higher education at the first annual Summer Institute on Equity in the Academic…

The gifts, from 418 unique donors, add permanence to a comprehensive program for first-generation college students.

A report shows that about 35 million people in America do not live within 25 miles of a public broad-access college, highlighting geography’s role in educational inequality.

A new study shows that informational interventions alone are not likely to be enough to change college enrollment patterns of high-achieving, low-income students.

Schools across the country are being more intentional about matching work-study students with jobs that align with their academic interests and professional goals.