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Special Study of Simplification of Need Analysis
and Application for Title IV Aid



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The Access Crisis Over the Next Decade



Figure 6: CUMULATIVE IMPACT OF HIGH UNMET NEED ON LONW - AND
MODERATE-INCOME HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES FROM 2001 TO 2010

College-Qualified
(in millions)

 
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Total Not Attending a Four-Year College Within Two Years 0.4 0.8 1.2 1.7 2.1 2.6 3.0 3.5 3.9 4.4
Total Not Attending Any College Within TWo Years 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1.0 1.2 1.4 1.6 1.8 2.0

Between 2001 and 2010, high unmet need will prevent 4.4 million high school graduates from attending a four-year college and 2 million of them from attending any college at all.


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