New IHEP Analysis Shows Financial Need by Country of Origin

The report shows how experiences of Latino and Asian students can differ depending on their families’ countries of origin.

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A new analysis from the Institute for Higher Education Policy breaks down which students face the most unmet financial need based on their country of origin and how long their families have lived in the United States.

The report aims to highlight that “broad racial and ethnic categories like Asian American and Hispanic or Latino don’t reflect the racial, ethnic and socioeconomic diversity of these student groups or how they experience higher education,” said Marián Vargas, the analysis’s lead author and assistant director of research for IHEP.

Among Latino students, for exam