HIGHER EDUCATION AND THE
NEW DEMOGRAPHICS
Questions for Policy

Watson Scott Swail

For much of the last half of the 20th century, federal and state policies
have focused on opening the doors of higher education to the under-served
populations of America. The result has been a qualified success: more students
rom all backgrounds are attending college than ever before, but large gaps
still exist in who goes where and who completes degree programs. Please click here to read more.

Financing the First Year of Graduate School: A Study of TRIO McNair
Post-Baccalaureate Achievement Program Alumni

Nicole Norfles and Thomas Mortenson

The Ronald E. McNair Post-Baccalaureate Achievement Program is a federal program authorized in 1986 as one of the Federal TRIO Programs. Its purpose is to provide low-income, first-generation undergraduates as well as undergraduate students from underrepresented groups with effective preparation for doctoral study. This publication reports on findings from a national survey in 1998-99 to McNair Program Alumni regarding the financing of graduate studies as compared with national data from the National Postsecondary Student Aid Study (NPSAS). Please click here to read more