Blog #10 Abstract & Works Cited

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 Abstract:

 An education from college can provide a path out of the poverty line for most students, but there is indeed a difference between how this is witnessed between the high and low-income college students. There have been low-income students in selected educational institutions that have reported some feeling of alienation, isolation, and marginalization. However, it may be necessary that the voices of the low-income students who have successfully navigated the experience of college be part of the research in order to properly understand the gap between the high and low-income students (Garriga and Keightley). This gap has to be reduced to promote income equality and better employability among youth throughout all communities whether their income is high or low. These studies will be applying the strengths-based theoretical framework in looking at the topic and will be examining the positive environmental and personal protective factor that has been helping students to succeed even with the different financial circumstances. 

Works Cited:

Bjorklund-Young, Alanna. "Family income and the college completion gap." (2016).

Brint, Steven. "Can We Fix The College Inequality Problem?". The American Prospect, 2019,\

     https://prospect.org/culture/can-we-fix-the-college-inequality-problem/

Broton, Katharine, and Sara Goldrick-Rab. "The dark side of college (un) affordability: Food and 

     housing insecurity in higher education." Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning 48.1 (2016): 16-

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Carlos Garriga and Mark P. Keightley. "A General Equilibrium Theory of College with Education 

    Subsidies, In-School Labor Supply, and Borrowing Constraints." Economic Research, General 

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Collegeforamerica.org (2021). Addressing the College Completion Gap Among Low-Income Students. 

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Cox, Rebecca D. "Complicating conditions: Obstacles and interruptions to low-income students' 

     college “choices”." The Journal of Higher Education 87.1 (2016): 1-26.

 Duke-Benfield, Amy, and Ellen Katherine Saunders. "Benefits access for college completion: Lessons 

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Dynarski, Susan, et al. Closing the gap: The effect of a targeted, tuition-free promise on college choices 

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Flores, Stella M., Toby J. Park, and Dominique J. Baker. "The racial college completion gap: Evidence 

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Whitmire, Richard. "Alarming Statistics Tell The Story Behind America’S College Completion Crisis: 

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