Financial Aid in California: Ensuring Funding for College Opportunity

Autor/in	Brymner, Jake
Institution	Campaign for College Opportunity
Titel	Financial Aid in California: Ensuring Funding for College Opportunity
Quelle	(2020), (17 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Educational Finance; Student Financial Aid; Community Colleges; Two Year College Students; Paying for College; State Aid; Grants; Tuition; Low Income Students; At Risk Students; State Legislation; Immigrants; State Colleges; Fees; Federal Aid; Eligibility; Student Loan Programs; High School Students; College Bound Students; College Transfer Students; Public Colleges; Minority Group Students; Racial Differences; Ethnicity; Undocumented Immigrants; Scholarships; Middle Class; Budgets; Parents; Barriers; Educational Equity (Finance); California + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Bildungsfonds; Finanzielle Beihilfe; Studienfinanzierung; Studienförderung; Community college; Community College; Grant; Unterweisung; Unterricht; Landesrecht; Immigrant; Immigrantin; Immigranten; Gebühren; Studiengebühren; Eignung; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Hochschulwechsel; Schulwechsel; Studienortwechsel; Rassenunterschied; Ethnizität; Illegaler Aufenthalt; Scholarship; Stipendium; Mittelschicht; Finanzhaushalt; Eltern; Kalifornien
Abstract	The COVID-19 health crisis has laid bare the structural inequity in the financial aid system. The pandemic has hit the lowest-income students hardest, with many struggling to afford the basic technology for online learning on top of new or exacerbated food and housing insecurity. Federal and state dollars predicated on Pell Grant eligibility, time out of high school, or other criteria, means California's neediest students, most often California Community College students, are ineligible for the aid they need to study and survive. College affordability is a critical subject of national, state, and local interest. While student debt has understandably become a focus in many of these conversations, this analysis has been centered around the potential expansion of grant aid that can help more students better afford college without overreliance on loans or credit cards. The time to complete a program is also a major factor in the costs borne by students to earn a certificate or degree. The Campaign has previously published research on how unclear, inconsistent pathways and excess course-taking translates into additional costs for transfer students seeking baccalaureate degrees and unpacked those issues in a 2017 report, "The Transfer Maze" (ED582668). In this brief, the aim is to provide California policymakers with a picture of the gaps in the state's efforts on college affordability and inform the work ahead so the state can better serve all its students and so that money is not a barrier for students to earn their degrees. (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	Campaign for College Opportunity. 714 West Olympic Blvd Suite 745, Los Angeles, CA 90015. Tel: 213-744-9434; Fax: 877-207-3560; e-mail: info@collegecampaign.org; Web site: http://collegecampaign.org
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01