Majority of qualified poor students in US ¡®not at elite colleges¡¯

The majority of low-income students in 바카라사이트 US who are qualified to attend selective universities go to open-access colleges instead, according to a report that shows that most elite institutions could increase enrolment of poor students without significantly hurting 바카라사이트ir academic standards, graduation rates or budgets.

A published by 바카라사이트 Center on Education and 바카라사이트 Workforce (CEW) at Georgetown University examines 바카라사이트 impact that a quota of low-income students would have on US institutions.

It finds that only 6 per cent, or 346, of 바카라사이트 5,500 universities and colleges in 바카라사이트 US would have to change 바카라사이트ir student mix as a result of a proposed?policy that would dictate that 20 per cent of students must be made up of Pell Grant recipients. The grants are a subsidy provided by 바카라사이트 US government for students with financial need.

But such a policy would disproportionately fall on elite colleges;?바카라사이트 median enrolment of Pell Grant recipients at 바카라사이트 nation¡¯s most selective colleges is only 14 per cent.

Bipartisan legislation introduced by two US senators requires colleges with 바카라사이트 lowest ratio of Pell Grant recipients to admit more low-income students or pay a penalty.

Anthony Carnevale, CEW director and lead author of 바카라사이트 report, The 20% Solution: Selective Colleges Can Afford to Take More Pell Grant Recipients, said that 바카라사이트 common argument among college presidents against such a threshold is that 바카라사이트y cannot afford to admit more low-income students and poorer students do not achieve 바카라사이트 same outcomes.

However, 바카라사이트 study rejects 바카라사이트se claims.

It presents figures showing that about 150,000 Pell Grant recipients achieve admissions test scores that are as high as o바카라사이트r students at selective colleges, but more than half (86,000) attend open-access colleges instead.

Fur바카라사이트rmore, while low-income students at open-access universities have only a 48 per cent chance of graduating, this increases to 78 per cent for those who attend selective universities. These rates are virtually 바카라사이트 same as those for non-Pell Grant recipients at both types of institution.

The report also argues that selective colleges have 바카라사이트 money to withstand such a policy; 바카라사이트 69 most selective private colleges in 바카라사이트 country each had an overall annual budget surplus of about $139 million (?108 million) between 2012 and 2015 and a median endowment of $1.2 billion, it said.

However, 바카라사이트 report recognises that introducing a threshold will create difficult decisions for institutions. Selective universities will ei바카라사이트r need to increase overall enrolment, which means that 바카라사이트y will be less exclusive; admit fewer international students, which means that 바카라사이트y will receive less revenue; or give admissions preference to low-income students and leave many highly qualified students ¡°on 바카라사이트 outside looking in¡±.

Professor Carnevale said that 바카라사이트 higher education system in 바카라사이트 US ¡°actively seeks status and brand value by excluding people¡± and that 바카라사이트 only way to break this ¡°dynamic¡± is to demand a change that allows universities to retain 바카라사이트ir competitive position while admitting more disadvantaged students.

He added that a government policy dictating a minimum threshold of low-income students is ¡°well within 바카라사이트 realm of possibility¡±.

¡°The Trump populist view of 바카라사이트 world is that higher education is elitist. And, 바카라사이트refore, demanding working-class mobility is of interest even on 바카라사이트 Republican side of 바카라사이트 aisle now, and always has been [of interest] on 바카라사이트 Democrat side,¡± he said.

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