Just six decades ago, American higher education was almost exclusively reserved for upper class women. Today, middle class and low-income students can go to college, although keeping college affordable is a major challenge. But women have made major inroads. During the academic year 2012-13, women constituted a remarkable 57 percent of all U.S. college students. If we are going to keep college affordable to everyone, we need to understand how we got here. Federal government policies and programs led the way in creating these huge changes in access to college.
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