April 6, 2007

How Governments Can Improve Access to College

By RONALD G. EHRENBERG

In recent weeks, Congress has begun to debate several policies to help bridge the divide in student access to higher education, and late last month U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings heard other proposals at her National Higher Education Summit. In the weeks and months to come, we will be seeing still more. Whether those fixes involve tuition or student aid, or focus on the pipeline from elementary and secondary schools, all must confront some fundamental concerns. First, the

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