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During the mid-1990s 34% of the cost for college was covered by the maximum offered Pell Grant, compared to 84% during the 1970s. [16] During Clinton's presidency, funding for higher education focused on creating tax benefits tied to attending college. These policies put less emphasis on developing grants to allow students to attend college.
Research by Sara Goldrick-Rab and others found that more than half of all community-college students surveyed struggle with food insecurity. [154] A follow-up study found more than a third of college students don't always have enough to eat and lack stable housing. Nine percent of those surveyed were homeless. [155]
This is not a short-lived problem for college graduates, as the report indicated that those who start their careers underemployed are 3.5 times more likely to remain underemployed a decade later.
A chaotic rollout of a new federal financial aid form is roiling high schools and upending college admissions, impeding students from filling out the all-important FAFSA form.
Student occupation at Cambridge University, 2010 Edinburgh University student Gaza protest, Old College Quad encampment, May 2024. Student political activism has existed in U.K since the 1880s with the formation of the student representative councils , precursors of union organisations designed to present students interests.
Amid a crisis of public college enrollment, tuition money sees biggest plunge in 40 years. Irina Ivanova. May 9, 2024 at 6:00 AM. Marli Miller/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images.
Students and faculty at dozens of universities protested the ongoing Israel-Hamas War, seeking for college institutions to divest from pro-Israeli causes. [ 22 ] [ 23 ] Participation and issues
The college counselor at my high school told me that she’s seen kids not apply to certain universities after hearing that fellow classmates whom they considered to be better students were applying.