Paying the Price – College Costs, Financial Aid, and the Betrayal of the American Dream
There is a new economics of college in America. Millions of people enroll in higher education with plans to work, borrow, and conserve, only to find that their funds still fall short of today’s high college prices. How has this changed what it means to attend college? How do students make ends meet while pursuing degrees, and how can we make it easier for them to succeed? In this talk, Dr. Goldrick-Rab will discuss a six-year- long multi-method experimental study that sought to find out.
April 25, 2016
Room 22 10:30am – 12:00pm
Sara Goldrick-Rab
Sara Goldrick-Rab is a Professor of Educational Policy Studies and Sociology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Founding Director at the Wisconsin HOPE Lab. Her research examines the intended and unintended consequences of the college-for-all movement in the United States. She is the recipient of the William T. Grant Foundation’s Faculty Scholars Award and the American Educational Research Association’s Early Career Award. In fall 2016, the University of Chicago will publish her latest book, Paying the Price: College Costs, Financial Aid, and the Betrayal of the American Dream.
This event is sponsored by The Forum on the Future of Public Education
Please direct questions about this event to Jameson Brewer (tbrewer2@illinois.edu)
