Opportunity Lens investigates how economic conditions shape access to education and the decisions students make, through interviews with students across different countries, structured coding, and public research.
This wording is provisional and anchors the dataset, coding framework and final report to the same question.
Early interviews point to a cluster of secondary costs — testing fees, visa documentation, travel — that shape choices as much as tuition itself. This is a preliminary read, not a conclusion.
View data & findingsBased on the Opportunity Lens interview sample (n = 10+, growing). This exploratory sample is not nationally representative. Full methodology is documented on the Methodology page.
The records below are illustrative test entries used to confirm the site structure — not real participant data. Real, consented stories will replace these as the dataset is reviewed.
"I applied to fewer universities than I wanted to, because each application had its own fee."
"Scholarship uncertainty decided where I could even consider studying."
"I combined work and study once tuition and living costs were added up together."
Opportunity Lens grows as new interviews, findings and papers are added. Every page below draws from a structured dataset and a documented methodology, kept separate from the public site.
About the projectThe human side of the data — anonymized interview stories by country.
Charts, barrier frequencies, and the Opportunity Map.
The external scholarship this project builds on.
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