Authors

Khalilah R. Lauderdale, University of Southern CaliforniaFollow
Ralitsa Todorova, University of Southern CaliforniaFollow
Zoë B. Corwin, University of Southern CaliforniaFollow

Complicating Understandings of Low-Income Students’ Financial Stress and Well-Being in Order to Inform Institutional Support

Short Title

Informing Support for Low-Income Students' Financial Stress and Wellbeing

Abstract

This paper seeks to enhance understanding of how low-income students navigate financial stress by integrating the asset-based concept of financial well-being and including a focus on the institutional context. Data collected from 378 interviews with students from low-income backgrounds illustrate complex ways that students experience financial stress and financial well-being. By centering students’ perspectives in analysis while also accounting for programmatic and institutional contexts, the authors aim to push theory and practice toward a more nuanced understanding of how to best support students from low-income backgrounds as they navigate affording college and fostering financial well-being.

Recommended Citation

Lauderdale, Khalilah R.; Todorova, Ralitsa; and Corwin, Zoë B. (2025) "Complicating Understandings of Low-Income Students’ Financial Stress and Well-Being in Order to Inform Institutional Support," Journal of Student Financial Aid: Vol. 54 : Iss. 2 , Article 1.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.55504/0884-9153.1853
Available at: https://ir.library.louisville.edu/jsfa/vol54/iss2/1