Supporting Students Along Their Pathways: Policy Approaches for Addressing Economic Insecurities Facing Community College Students

This paper explores the finanical instability of college students, particularly community college students. It identifies strategies colleges are pursuing to improve students financial stability and policy recommendations for states to help students facing financial hardships.

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Supporting Students Along Their Pathways: Policy Approaches for Addressing Economic Insecurities Facing Community College Students

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Many of today’s college students, especially those at community colleges, face economic insecurities that impede their ability to persist and complete postsecondary credentials. This paper explores how financial stability is defined, why it is important, strategies colleges are pursuing to improve students’ financial stability, and what is known and unknown about the effectiveness of those strategies. This paper also presents a set of state policy recommendations for reforming state financial aid and public assistance programs in ways that would help more students facing hardships stay in school and complete their programs of study.

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