Paying for the Prestige: First-Year, Low-Income Students at a Selective Institution

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Abstract

How do low-income students make decisions about which college to attend in the presence of a last-dollar tuition and fees grant? We use qualitative methods to examine the experiences of 14 first-year students at a selective, large, well-resourced private institution in the American South.

Authors

• Hunter Kulesza, Baylor University

• Tiffani Hoot, Baylor University

• Saralyn McKinnon-Crowley, Baylor University

• Sarah Ann Harris, Baylor University