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Learn First: The Policy of Access
By some estimates, the number of welfare recipients enrolled as full-time college students has dropped by nearly 95% since 1995. Welfare reform, with its emphasis on "work first" policies, has helped to push low-income students, especially single mothers, out of class and into dead-end jobs. The authors in this issue of On Campus With Women, which examines the barriers low-income women often face in their pursuit of higher education, argue that policy should be supporting women's access to higher education, not thwarting it. This issue analyzes federal policies that restrict low-income women's access to college and the structures within higher education that may limit their success. Drawing on the experiences and perspectives of educators, policy analysts, and low-income women themselves, this issue also offers examples of programs and policies that support all women's access to and success in higher education. National Initiative for Women in Higher Education Lynsey Morris argues that the reauthorization of the Higher Education Act should address the unique needs of nontraditional female students. In her article for the National Initiative column, she recommends that Congress make educational grants and loans available to students with financial need even if they are only able to take one course at a time. |
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