The Real Price of College: Improving Estimates of "Demonstrated Financial Need"

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Abstract

This study focusses on the challenges faced by financial aid administrators in how to accurately calculate their institutions’ cost of attendance, the effect that that has on students’ financial need and their risk of basic needs insecurity. Researchers partner with financial aid practitioners at six institutions in Texas to evaluate their communication around college affordability estimates.

Author

• Eddy Conroy, New America