Title
New Models of Student Financial Support: Students Can’t Afford Not to Know
Project Dates
09/01/2013 - 02/28/2014
Description
This project offered a more useful, individualized, and feasible approach to understanding college affordability. First, it conceptually differentiated affordability from economic value. Second, it argued that information on average costs and outcomes, such as that available in the Education Department’s College Scorecard, while a step in the right direction, does not provide sufficient information for students to make informed choices. Third, and most important, it advocated a three-pronged strategy for providing students – well before the college application decision occurs – customized information on net costs, debt repayment, and earnings outcomes.
Sponsorship
Lumina Foundation
Subject Area
EDUCATION; Postsecondary education
Publications
College Costs: Students Can't Afford Not to Know, Brad Hershbein and Kevin Hollenbeck (2014)