Paying the Price: College Costs, Financial Aid, and the Betrayal of the American Dream

Andy H. said This one book can stop the storm. We in higher education have been talking about and feeling the impact of the "perfect storm" (decreased state and federal funding, increased tuition and fees, and more need for college degrees) for almost two decades. We have tinkered around the issu. "Scholarly and engaging" according to Susan R. Singer. Sara Goodrick-Rab and colleagues six year longitudinal study of low income students making their way through the financial maze of college completion is a must read for anyone concerned about the future of higher education. Her data-rich analysis sit. Accidental Texan said Very important book. Bought this for a higher education finance course last semester. Hands down this is one of the best books I've read recently, and something probably every administrator and politician should be required to read. Very well written and interesting, if

"Honestly one of the most exciting books I've read, because Goldrick-Rab has solutions. It's a manual that I'd recommend to anyone out there, if you're a parent, if you're a teacher, if you're a student."  

If you are a young person, and you work hard enough, you can get a college degree and set yourself on the path to a good life, right?   Not necessarily, says Sara Goldrick-Rab, and with Paying the Price, she shows in damning detail exactly why.   Drawing on an unprecedented study of 3,000 young adults who entered public colleges and universities in Wisconsin in 2008 with the support of federal aid and Pell Grants, Goldrick-Rab reveals the devastating effect of these shortfalls. The cause of their problems, time and again, was lack of money. In