Share of undergraduates who are in poverty or nonwhite has increased throughout higher education
The report goes into detail on how compared to 1996 there are more undergraduates near the poverty sector in 2016. For example, we see 42% in poverty for independent undergraduates in 2016 and we see 16% for independent undergraduates in 1996. In addition, there is an increase of nonwhite undergraduates in all types of postsecondary institutions. This could be driven from Hispanic undergraduate growth; as said, “Hispanic undergraduate growth has been greatest at less selective tiers”.
The data source is from Pew Research Center analysis of National Center for Education Statistics.
The data was collected from the academic records from the years 2015-2016 and 1995-1996. In addition, it was collected from IPEDS data; the data goes into detail of 500,000 undergraduates in 2016.
The process that the analyst must’ve done to take the data from its raw form, is organizing the reseach into variables, such as race/ethnicity, the type of institution, the selectivity of the institution, the income level of the undergraduates. Furthermore, they displayed the data through bar graphs to show a clearer depiction of the poverty disparity from 1996 to 2016.