Addressing student need beyond crisis management
Many higher education leaders believe any student should be able to attend any university without taking on unmanageable debt. Demographic trends suggest reaching this goal will be challenging.
College students are becoming not only more racially and ethnically diverse, but also older and more likely to be parents and workers. Accordingly, many of today’s students pursue higher education later in their lifecycles, requiring institutions to revisit how financial aid can address the full cost of attendance. This paper, the third in a series by the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities with support from the TIAA Institute, explores a variety of innovations that address college affordability and student debt burden.
The authors interviewed representatives of nine APLU member institutions between November 2020 and February 2021. Participants included senior professionals from offices of financial aid, enrollment management, academic affairs and student affairs at each institution.
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