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Statement on Final Gainful Employment Rule
The Institute for College Access & Success - June 2, 2011Statement from Pauline Abernathy about the issued final “gainful employment” rule that guides enforcement of the federal law requiring any post-secondary career education program receiving federal...
Help for College Graduates Struggling to Pay Back Student Loans
The Project on Student Debt - May 16, 2011While a recent study by the Institute for Higher Education Policy found that nearly two thirds of student borrowers have trouble making their monthly loan payments, a relatively new and...
More than One Million Community College Students Still Denied Access to Federal Student Loan
The Project on Student Debt - April 29, 2011Our new issue brief Still Denied: How Community Colleges Shortchange Students by Not Offering Federal Loans found that more than one million community college students were denied access federal...
Congress Urged to Continue to Invest in Pell Grants in FY2012
The Institute for College Access & Success - April 14, 2011Despite threatened cuts, the fiscal year 2011 bipartisan budget agreement would preserve the maximum Pell Grant award of $5,550 for the 2011-12 school year, however the House Budget Committee has...
House Budget Committee FY 2012 Budget Plan Cuts Pell Grants by 62%
The Institute for College Access & Success - April 8, 2011The fiscal year 2012 federal budget plan reported by the House Budget Committee says it would cut Pell Grant funding to “pre-stimulus levels.” This unprecedented 62 percent cut in the maximum Pell...
Early Look at College Net Price Calculators Finds Mixed Results
The Institute for College Access & Success - March 15, 2011By the end of October, U.S. colleges must meet a federal requirement to create online “net price calculators.” These calculators are intended to help prospective students and their families gauge...
Passage of Controversial Amendment to Block Gainful Employment Rule Puts Students and Taxpayers at Risk
The Institute for College Access & Success - February 18, 2011In the wake of a massive special-interest lobbying campaign by the career college industry, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a controversial amendment that requires the government to turn a...
House Vote Puts Pell Grants in Peril
The Institute for College Access & Success - January 25, 2011Statement from Lauren Asher on the January 25 House vote which passed Resolution 38 and directs the Chairman of the House Budget Committee to cut non-security discretionary spending to 2008 levels...
Congress Extends Key College Tax Credit, but Action Still Needed to Prevent Pell Grant Cuts
The Institute for College Access & Success - December 17, 2010Statement from Lauren Asher on the extension of the American Opportunity Tax Credit (AOTC) and the need for Congress to fully fund the Pell Grant.
Congress Must Act to Keep College in Reach
The Institute for College Access & Success - December 10, 2010Statement from Lauren Asher on the need to fully fund Pell Grants and extend the American Opportunity Tax Credit.
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