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Access to What? Educational Opportunity is Restricted for Low & Lower-Middle Income Students
Thursday, October 15, 2009
By: Thomas Mortenson
Percent of these students enrolled in Four Year Schools Drops from 62 percent in 1974 to 44 percent in 2008
This issue of OPPORTUNITY focuses on the shrinking shares of undergraduate college students with Pell Grants that are enrolled in America's public and private 4-year colleges and universities. This share has declined from 62% in 1974 to 44% in 2008. Preliminary data for 2009 indicate that 41% of undergraduates with Pell Grants were enrolled in 4-year institutions--the lowest on record. These students from low income families are increasingly concentrated in community colleges and proprietary schools. This report also presents these data by state.
For a free copy of our report, contact Camille Stocker at Postsecondary Education OPPORTUNITY: camille@postsecondary.org. Or you can visit our website at www.postsecondary.org
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