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Impacts Of Website Visibility And Family Income On Use Of The Net Price Calculator, Hunt Chouteau Helm
Impacts Of Website Visibility And Family Income On Use Of The Net Price Calculator, Hunt Chouteau Helm
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Higher education attainment benefits individuals and society. But access to higher education is not equitable. Students from low-income families, even those with equal qualifications, are underrepresented throughout the education pipeline, and the gap by family income increases at each educational milepost. The major impediments to increasing college-going rates for lower-income families are financial, experiential, motivational and informational. A key informational impediment is the difficulty families have in understanding information about college costs and financial aid. In 2011, the federal government attempted to improve information access for all by requiring colleges and universities to post a Net Price Calculator on their …