“If we care about getting more people to and through college, we can’t do it on the cheap,” said Mark Huelsman, a senior policy analyst at Demos, a left-leaning think tank. “We’re not going to get the outcomes we want, unless we put in the public investment necessary to do so.” [...]
Low-income and minority students often bear the brunt of these challenges because they’re more likely than white and wealthy students to attend under-resourced schools, Huelsman said. And for these marginalized students, it’s likely that price does play some role in their decision of where to attend college and their ability to complete their degree, he said.