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College Is More Important than Ever, But Harder to Afford, Say Nation’s Young Adults Age 18-34
The Institute for College Access & Success - November 8, 2011While they believe that higher education is more important today than it was for their parents’ generation, most U.S. adults age 18 to 34 also view college as harder to afford than just five years...
Average Student Debt Tops $25,000 for Class of 2010 in Tough Job Market
The Project on Student Debt - November 3, 2011Two-thirds of college seniors graduated with loans in 2010, and they carried an average of $25,250 in debt. They also faced the highest unemployment rate for young college graduates in recent...
Statement on New Steps by Obama Administration to Help Student Borrowers
The Institute for College Access & Success - October 25, 2011Statement from Lauren Asher on the Obama Administration's recent announcement that it is taking important and timely new steps to help struggling student loan borrowers.
Recommendations and Reasons for Making Net Price Calculators Easy to Use and Find
The Institute for College Access & Success - October 11, 2011By October 29, all U.S. colleges must meet a federal requirement to post “net price calculators” on their websites. These calculators can help prospective students and their families gauge college...
Sharp Uptick in Federal Student Loan Default Rates
The Project on Student Debt - September 12, 2011New data released by the U.S. Department of Education shows a sharp increase in the rate at which student loan borrowers are defaulting. The official “two-year cohort default rates” show that 8.8...
Final Bipartisan Debt Deal Provides $17 Billion for Pell Grants
The Institute for College Access & Success - August 1, 2011Statement from TICAS Vice President Pauline Abernathy on the final bipartisan debt deal that provides $17 billion for Pell Grants. A broad coalition of 62 education, student, civil rights and...
How Do Colleges Respond When Students Apply for Risky Private Loans?
The Project on Student Debt - July 13, 2011Our new report Critical Choices: How Colleges Can Help Students and Families Make Better Decisions about Private Loans, documents promising practices that a variety of financial aid offices are...
Statement on the Proposed Elimination of the In-School Interest Subsidy for Federal Student Loans
The Institute for College Access & Success - July 12, 2011Statement in response to Representative Cantor’s reported proposal to eliminate the in-school interest subsidy on federal student loans.
TICAS Vice President Pauline Abernathy to Testify Before Senate Committee on Student Debt at For-Profit Colleges
The Institute for College Access & Success - June 6, 2011Pauline Abernathy, Vice President of The Institute for College Access & Success, testified on June 7, 2011 before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee at the hearing...
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...
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