I wanted to go a little out of state for this assignment. In our book, Paying for the Party, they look at a Midwest college. I am currently attending a Midwest college, so I decided to mix it up. I am looking at two colleges: The University of Georgia, and Georgia Southern University. This time the region is Southern and from two fairly similar schools.
Before I get into more detail about the schools, I think it would be beneficial to restate the argument presented in the book, Paying for the Party. The researchers argue that that certain types of colleges make social reproduction prevalent. Social reproduction is idea that the economic class and resources of parents affect the economic class and resources of their kids. This suggests that …show more content…
The school has a 63.1% acceptance rate (US News) and an undergrad population of 17,963 students. By all measures, Georgia Southern is a fairly calm regional university. Both universities are public, both are in Georgia, both have acceptance rates of 50% to 60%. Yet the difference in Pell grant recipient success between the schools is quite large. In the University of Georgia, where the net cost for low income students is $8,004, the Pell recipient graduation rate it 72.4%. Georgia Southern University has a net cost for low income students of $13,532, and the Pell recipient graduation rate of 46.9%. Now, this might initially sound in favor of The University of Georgia, but we must take into account the relative and absolute scales. When looking at things absolutely, the University of Georgia has a much higher Pell recipient graduation rate. But The University of Georgia has a Non-Pell recipient graduation rate of 82.6%, meaning there is a 10.2% gap between Pell and Non-Pell …show more content…
That means The University of Georgia has over double the gap between Pell and Non-Pell students. Relatively speaking, Pell recipient students graduate a rate much closer to the Non-Pell students at Georgia Southern. I analyzed the Excel sheet data and found that Pell students have a lower average graduation rate than Non-Pell students in both public and private universities. So having it these results are in line with what is expected, but it does not justify the massive gap between Pell and Non-Pell students in The University of
Before I get into more detail about the schools, I think it would be beneficial to restate the argument presented in the book, Paying for the Party. The researchers argue that that certain types of colleges make social reproduction prevalent. Social reproduction is idea that the economic class and resources of parents affect the economic class and resources of their kids. This suggests that …show more content…
The school has a 63.1% acceptance rate (US News) and an undergrad population of 17,963 students. By all measures, Georgia Southern is a fairly calm regional university. Both universities are public, both are in Georgia, both have acceptance rates of 50% to 60%. Yet the difference in Pell grant recipient success between the schools is quite large. In the University of Georgia, where the net cost for low income students is $8,004, the Pell recipient graduation rate it 72.4%. Georgia Southern University has a net cost for low income students of $13,532, and the Pell recipient graduation rate of 46.9%. Now, this might initially sound in favor of The University of Georgia, but we must take into account the relative and absolute scales. When looking at things absolutely, the University of Georgia has a much higher Pell recipient graduation rate. But The University of Georgia has a Non-Pell recipient graduation rate of 82.6%, meaning there is a 10.2% gap between Pell and Non-Pell …show more content…
That means The University of Georgia has over double the gap between Pell and Non-Pell students. Relatively speaking, Pell recipient students graduate a rate much closer to the Non-Pell students at Georgia Southern. I analyzed the Excel sheet data and found that Pell students have a lower average graduation rate than Non-Pell students in both public and private universities. So having it these results are in line with what is expected, but it does not justify the massive gap between Pell and Non-Pell students in The University of