Cost Conscious: Incentive and Discount Programs Help Students Meet the Rising Cost of a Community College Education

Autor/in	Ullman, Ellen
Titel	Cost Conscious: Incentive and Discount Programs Help Students Meet the Rising Cost of a Community College Education
Quelle	In: Community College Journal, 83 (2013) 6, S.34-37 (4 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1067-1803
Schlagwörter	Higher Education; Incentives; Community Colleges; Student Costs; Paying for College; College Students; Tuition; Student Financial Aid; Two Year Colleges; Two Year College Students; Scholarships; Textbooks; Work Study Programs; Arizona; California; Colorado; Indiana; Massachusetts + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Anreiz; Community college; Community College; Studienkosten; Studienfinanzierung; Collegestudent; Unterweisung; Unterricht; Finanzielle Beihilfe; Studienförderung; Scholarship; Stipendium; Textbook; Text book; Schulbuch; Lehrbuch; Kalifornien; Master-Studiengang
Abstract	Aware that rising costs could force some community colleges to compromise their long-standing open-door policies, administrators have put in place programs and incentives to offset the higher price of the average community college education. This article features ideas and programs to help struggling community colleges cope with rising costs such as College Promise, a scholarship program that lets participating local students attend their first year at Aims Community College for little or no cost. The California Community Colleges, among the most economically challenged institutions of their kind in the country, recently launched the I Can Afford College campaign--a statewide program to increase awareness among current and prospective community college students of year-round financial- aid opportunities. Because textbooks are expensive-so much so that many community college students wait to buy them until after the semester has started when they cash their financial aid checks. Still others see the price tag and skip buying books altogether. The article also describes a movement called College Open Textbooks (COT), and explains how it is trying to change all that whether it's offering differential pricing, helping students connect with financial aid opportunities, or finding ways to cut the cost of books and supplies, community colleges are going the extra mile so that students can afford to keep coming back. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01