- Public colleges are relying more on tuition as a means of keeping up with increasing institutional expenditures and declining state revenues.
- Colleges are using institutional aid to compete for students, usually middle- and upper-income.
- Low-income and students of color will make up a significantly greater proportion of the college student population in the coming decade.
“Our goal is to make it clear that the train wreck of declining opportunity is coming,” says Jamie Merisotis, president of the Institute for Higher Education Policy. “Action needs to be taken now by a broad coalition of partners in order to achieve the widest possible participation in higher education.”
“While the nation has made strides in accelerating college participation of low-income and minority students, this report documents the trends that, if not reversed, will undermine that progress,” says Blenda J. Wilson, president and CEO of the Nellie Mae Education Foundation.
— By staff and wire reports
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