ABSTRACT

Differences in funding mixtures across the United States create widely variant levels of unmet need for students. This research examines gaps of unmet need between 2003–4 and 2013–14, particularly considering the presence of any local funding provisions and Pell Grant funding changes. These findings are also considered across state, community college type by both size and setting. Data were collected from the National Center for Education Statistics’ (NCES) Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS). Results show that the change in the cost of attendance and the average amount of financial aid to students over the decade this study examines has been steady. Increase in Pell Grant aid have helped ameliorate some of the differences in unmet need across states. However, national averages mask stark differences in unmet need across the subsections listed above. Implications for policy and practice are discussed.

摘要

美国各地资金组合的差异导致学生的未满足需求水平差异很大。本研究考察了 2003-4 年和 2013-14 年间未满足需求的差距，特别是考虑到任何地方资金规定和佩尔助学金资金变化的存在。这些发现也按规模和设置在州、社区大学类型中进行了考虑。数据是从国家教育统计中心 (NCES) 综合中学后教育数据系统 (IPEDS) 收集的。结果表明，在本研究调查的十年中，出勤成本和学生平均经济援助金额的变化一直稳定。佩尔助学金援助的增加有助于改善各州在未满足需求方面的一些差异。然而，全国平均值掩盖了上述小节中未满足需求的明显差异。讨论了对政策和实践的影响。