CSM: Students eye cheaper colleges as crisis deepens

College Search & Selection
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<p>I’m asking if the world you live in includes lack of insulation from the kinds of families who LONG have had to trade off low out-of-pocket cost for college with finding a good academic match for their children. There are a lot of figures showing that throughout my lifetime high-income, low-ability high school students enter college and complete college at higher rates than low-income, high-ability high school students. </p>

<p>Here are some links about the issue. The overall picture in the past few decades has been that high-ability, low-income students are at a clear disadvantage in the college admission process compared to low-ability, high-income students. (The links below are in approximate chronological order of publication, from oldest to newest.) Is anything changing recently about this? </p>

<p>[BW</a> Online | July 7, 2003 | Needed: Affirmative Action for the Poor](<a href=“http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/03_27/b3840045_mz007.htm]BW”>http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/03_27/b3840045_mz007.htm) </p>

<p><a href=“http://www.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/ffp0621.pdf[/url]”>http://www.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/ffp0621.pdf&lt;/a&gt; </p>

<p><a href=“http://www.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/ff0615S.pdf[/url]”>http://www.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/ff0615S.pdf&lt;/a&gt; </p>

<p><a href=“http://www.tcf.org/Publications/Education/carnrose.pdf[/url]”>http://www.tcf.org/Publications/Education/carnrose.pdf&lt;/a&gt; </p>

<p><a href=“http://www.tcf.org/Publications/Education/kahlenberg-affaction.pdf[/url]”>http://www.tcf.org/Publications/Education/kahlenberg-affaction.pdf&lt;/a&gt; </p>

<p>[A</a> Thumb on the Scale (May-June 2005)](<a href=“http://harvardmagazine.com/2005/05/a-thumb-on-the-scale.html]A”>http://harvardmagazine.com/2005/05/a-thumb-on-the-scale.html) </p>

<p>[The</a> Best Class Money Can Buy](<a href=“http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200511/financial-aid-leveraging/4]The”>http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200511/financial-aid-leveraging/4) </p>

<p>[The</a> Harvard Crimson :: News :: Recruiting a New Elite](<a href=“http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=510012]The”>http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=510012) </p>

<p>[Cost</a> Remains a Key Obstacle to College Access](<a href=“http://www.equaleducation.org/commentary.asp?opedid=1240]Cost”>http://www.equaleducation.org/commentary.asp?opedid=1240) </p>

<p><a href=“http://www.jackkentcookefoundation.org/jkcf_web/Documents/_JKC_Achievementrap_edit%20(2)%20for%20website%20-%202-21-08.pdf[/url]”>http://www.jackkentcookefoundation.org/jkcf_web/Documents/_JKC_Achievementrap_edit&#37;20(2)%20for%20website%20-%202-21-08.pdf&lt;/a&gt; </p>

<p>[Reason</a> Magazine - Legacies of Injustice](<a href=“http://www.reason.com/news/show/123910.html]Reason”>Legacies of Injustice)</p>