This chapter reviews and synthesizes what is known from prior research about racial and
ethnic group differences in college enrollment and identifies areas for intervention. This …

Taking out student loans to assist with the costs of postsecondary schooling in the US has
become the norm in recent decades. The debt burden young adults acquire during the …

The student financial aid programs that were authorized under Title IV of the Higher
Education Act were intended to ensure that inadequate financial resources would not limit …

Over the past decade, the number of African American and Hispanic undergraduates
enrolled in colleges and universities nationwide has increased by 32% and 98 …

Bachelor's degree (BA) completion is lower among black students than among white
students. In this study, we use data from the Education Longitudinal Study of 2002 and the …

This study assesses the role of distance to school in the probability of attending university
shortly after high school. Students who grow up near a university may avoid moving and …

This paper addresses how changing the admission and financial aid rules at colleges affects
future earnings. I estimate a structural model of the following decisions by individuals: where …

smaller shares of bachelor's degree recipients enroll in doctoral programs, such as
communications. Even after taking into account these sources of the gap, however, Bowen …

Using national survey data, multilevel modeling techniques, and descriptive statistics, this
study makes an effort to understand the influence of the financial context of institutions on …

Los Angeles is a city of delicate racial and ethnic balance. As evidenced by the 1965 Watts
violence, the 1992 Rodney King riots, and this year's award-winning film Crash, the city's …