"Senate panel tackles college affordability 'crisis'"
Diverse Issues in Higher Education
February 19, 2007
By Charles Dervarics

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This imperfect system takes its highest toll on low-income students, who may deal with unfair loan terms or simply fail to apply for college. In one year alone, about 400,000 students with a quality academic record failed to attend college due to their low family incomes, said Tamara Draut, director of economic opportunity at Demos, a nonpartisan public policy organization.