Tag: Financial Barriers

Recruitment & Retention

Summit Looks to Address Financial Barriers to Student Enrollment and Degree Completion

Among the various barriers to college student enrollment and degree completion, finances stand out as the most prominent. This is what CampusLogic’s four-day SHIFT Summit is striving to address.

June 8, 2021

News Roundup

EAB Recommends Higher Education Changes to Lower Drop Out Rates

In order to increase graduation rates, EAB has recommended policy changes for higher education institutions to adopt in their new report. According to EAB’s “Student Success Playbook,” on average, nearly one-third of students drop out of college before beginning their second year. For many students, college registration creates both logistical and financial barriers. EAB suggested […]

January 21, 2020

Women

Policy Research: College Promise Programs Are Excluding Student Parents

Twenty percent of college students in the United States are raising children, yet the much-touted “free college” initiatives, also known as Promise programs, often “unintentionally exclude” these students when offering financial support, according to a briefing paper released this week by the Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR).

June 27, 2019

Students

Success Comes At a Price

While the number of low-socioeconomic status (SES) and first-generation students attending graduate school is increasing, many barriers still stand between these students and their climb up the social ladder: largely the disparity between networks and opportunities when compared to their more-privileged peers. During my time in graduate school, I have learned the importance of attending professional conferences and other networking events, however, I have also learned who can afford to go to these events – and who cannot.

March 7, 2019

Students

HEA Reauthorization Can Reduce the Equity Gaps that Persist for Students of Color

A new Congress presents a new opportunity to restart the process of reauthorizing the Higher Education Act (HEA). Policymakers must reauthorize HEA with a focus on equity because students of color are still struggling to enroll, persist and complete postsecondary education. HEA can help alleviate these barriers by implementing policies that provide students of color the support they need to earn their postsecondary degree or credential. It is time for a comprehensive HEA bill to better serve today’s students, especially students of color.

December 3, 2018