If you are a young person, and you work hard enough, you can get a
college degree and set yourself on the path to a good life, right?
Not necessarily, says Sara Goldrick-Rab, and with Paying the Price,
she shows in damning detail exactly why. Quite simply, college is
far too expensive for many people today, and the confusing mix of
federal, state, institutional, and private financial aid leaves
countless students without the resources they need to pay for it.
Drawing on an unprecedented study of 3,000 young adults who entered
public colleges and universities in Wisconsin in 2008 with the
support of federal aid and Pell Grants, Goldrick-Rab reveals the
devastating effect of these shortfalls. Half the students in the
study left college without a degree, while less than 20 percent
finished within five years. The cause of their problems, time and
again, was lack of money. Unable to afford tuition, books, and
living expenses, they worked too many hours at outside jobs,
dropped classes, took time off to save money, and even went without
adequate food or housing. In many heartbreaking cases, they simply
left school--not with a degree, but with crippling debt.
Goldrick-Rab combines that shocking data with devastating stories
of six individual students, whose struggles make clear the
horrifying human and financial costs of our convoluted financial
aid policies. America can fix this problem. In the final section of
the book, Goldrick-Rab offers a range of possible solutions, from
technical improvements to the financial aid application process, to
a bold, public sector-focused "first degree free" program. What's
not an option, this powerful book shows, is doing nothing, and
continuing to crush the college dreams of a generation of young
people.
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