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A mother and son go from homeless to college

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“We can’t leave behind families who need more assistance to close that financial gap,” said Ian Rosenblum, the executive director of Education Trust–New York, a nonprofit education advocacy group that published a report about the Excelsior Scholarship. Related: In one country, anger over soaring college costs has led to violent protest.

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College Uncovered: The Demographic Cliff

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By 2039, there will be 15 percent fewer 18-year-olds per year than there are now. An independent guide from the advocacy organization Third Way about how to use the federal governments financial responsibility scores. And so those numbers backed off, and it takes a while for us to get to a point where it truly begins to impact us.