American Higher Education in Crisis? Quotes

“As those Georgetown scholars say in their 2013 “Separate and Unequal” report, between 1995 and 2009, new freshmen enrollments grew by 197 percent for Hispanic students and 73 percent for African American students, far outpacing the 15-percent increase in white students. But where those students went to college differed greatly by ethnicity. Most of the white students went to one of the nation’s 468 more-selective public and private four-year colleges, while most of the Hispanic and African American students ended up at open-access two-year and four-year institutions.”
― Goldie Blumenstyk, American Higher Education in Crisis?: What Everyone Needs to Know®

“Where did all of these Pell Grant–eligible students go to school? Mostly they went to community and for-profit colleges. The number of Pell Grant recipients at community colleges increased by 2.7 million between 1980 and 2011, a figure that is about equal to the overall increase in enrollment at those two-year colleges. The share of Pell Grant recipients attending”
― Goldie Blumenstyk, American Higher Education in Crisis?: What Everyone Needs to Know®