According to Currier, the study has implications for what policymakers can do to promote postsecondary education. To help students have access to college, federal spending doesn't have to be limited to educational initiatives, like Pell grants.
"The logical policy implications ... to me are creating opportunities for people at the bottom and middle of the income ladder to not have such a financial barrier to college. And that can be a whole range of things," she says, like helping families maintain assets like their homes and create wealth.
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