Discuss The Long-Term Effect Of Student Affordability To A College Education

If the increases in tuition continues to rise, it will exacerbate the long term effect of student access and affordability to a college education. Especially students from low-income status. Mulhern et al. noted “The rising costs and increasing pressures on public colleges and universities across the nation threaten to lower the overall educational attainment levels and magnify gaps in income inequality and socioeconomic status.” It is critical that federal and state government provide adequate funding for higher education to keep tuition and costs down. In 2013, the U. S. Department of Education Scorecard reported that the 80 percent of undergraduates at HBCUs received federal loans, whereas only 55% percent of non-HBCUs received federal