Blog Post #5

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Research Question:

How can the gap between high- and low-income group students in college affect their professional careers? What role does the government need to play in covering the tuition costs for the students from the low-income groups? Do merit-based admissions affects low-income students? What can be done in order to decrease the staggering cost of college that’s weeding out students who are disproportionately low-income? If the widening college completion gap fracturing the American Dream and its economy then why the government and policymakers aren’t doing anything to fix it?

Sources:

Brint, Steven. “Can We Fix the College Inequality Problem?” The American Prospect, 10 Dec. 2019, prospect.org/culture/can-we-fix-the-college-inequality-problem/. 

Cabrera, ByJeff. “Poverty And The College Completion Crisis.” GenBiz, 13 Aug. 2018, genbiz.com/poverty-and-the-college-completion-crisis. 

Center, NSC Research. “High School Benchmarks - 2019.” National Student Clearinghouse Research Center, 27 Aug. 2020, nscresearchcenter.org/high-school-benchmarks-2019/#:~:text=Students%20from%20low%2Dpoverty%20high,poverty%20schools%20(21%20percent). 

Emily Stahly More about this author > “The Achievement Gap for Low-Income Students Continues into College.” Show-Me Institute, 8 July 2020, showmeinstitute.org/blog/accountability/the-achievement-gap-for-low-income-students-continues-into-college. 

Fries, Melissa. “OPINION: Three Ways to Help More Low-Income Students Get through College.” The Hechinger Report, 30 Mar. 2020, hechingerreport.org/opinion-three-ways-to-help-more-low-income-students-get-through-college/. 

Whitmire, Richard. Alarming Statistics Tell the Story Behind America's College Completion Crisis: Nearly a Third of All College Students Still Don't Have a Degree Six Years Later, 8 Apr. 2019, www.the74million.org/article/alarming-statistics-tell-the-story-behind-americas-college-completion-crisis-nearly-a-third-of-all-college-student-still-dont-have-a-degree-six-years-later/.

Zinshteyn, Mikhail. “The Stubborn Wealth Gap in Who Earns a College Degree.” The Atlantic, Atlantic Media Company, 29 Apr. 2016, www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2016/04/the-growing-wealth-gap-in-who-earns-college-degrees/479688/.

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