July 20, 2007

Report Suggests Steps to Help Poor

By ELYSE ASHBURN

A college education is the only ticket out of poverty for many of the country's working poor, but federal policies — and, in some cases, colleges themselves — continue to make it difficult for individuals in that group to earn degrees, according to a report released last week.

For example, student aid did not cover an average of almost $4,000 of the individual college costs for poor, working adults in the 2003-4 academic year, says the report by the Institute for

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