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The Investment Payoff: Reassessing and Supporting Efforts to Maximize the Benefits of Higher Education for Underserved Populations

Published Apr 2013
ihep
focus area Evidence-Based Completion

Explores the individual and public benefits of investing in higher education, especially for nontraditional students (underserved, low-income and first-generation)

The working paper, The Investment Payoff: Reassessing and Supporting Efforts to Maximize the Benefits of Higher Education for Underserved Populations, re-examines the individual and public payoffs of investing in higher education, especially for the underserved, low-income, and first-generation populations, who have become an important focus of college completion efforts.