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Financial Aid Facts at California Community Colleges

The Institute for College Access & Success, March 2010

Hundreds of thousands of California Community College (CCC) students are eligible for federal Pell Grants but do not apply, leaving up to $500 million unclaimed in 2009-10. This fact sheet compares...

Letter in support of AB 1761

The Institute for College Access & Success, March 2010

Letter to California State Legislators in support of AB 1761, which would provide first-year tuition and fee benefits to Cal Grant B recipients.

Quick Facts About Student Debt

The Project on Student Debt, January 2010

Our latest Quick Facts look at the total average debt students have in the public, private nonprofit, and private for-profit sectors after graduating from college.

New Default Rate Data for Federal Student Loans

The Institute for College Access & Success, December 2009

The U.S. Department of Education has released a preview of new draft default rates yesterday. The new data show nearly 400,000 students who entered repayment in 2007 had defaulted by 2009,...

Coalition letter supporting mandatory certification of private loans in CFPA

The Project on Student Debt, December 2009

Twenty-five organizations wrote a letter to Reps. Polis, Murphy, and Bishop in support of their amendment to require school certification of private student loans, as part of H.R. 4173

Coalition letter to Senate about CFPA oversight of all private loans

The Project on Student Debt, December 2009

Twenty-nine organizations signed this letter to Sens. Dodd and Shelby of the Senate Banking Committee, thanking Sen. Dodd for making sure that all private student loans, including those made by...

Student Debt and the Class of 2008

The Project on Student Debt, December 2009

This report examines student debt in all 50 states and at four-year public and private nonprofit colleges and universities in the U.S. As student debt continued to rise, unemployment climbed from...

Official Comment on 2010-11 Student Aid Report (SAR)

The Institute for College Access & Success, November 2009

The SAR is what federal aid applicants receive after filing the FAFSA. Our official public comments focus on ways to make it more clear and helpful to students and families so that they can make...

Official Comment on Self-Certification Form

The Institute for College Access & Success, November 2009

The self-certification form must be filled out by students applying for a private student loan, starting in February 2010. This new process is the result of a provision in the Higher Education...

Official Comments on the 2010-11 FAFSA

The Institute for College Access & Success, November 2009

The Institute for College Access & Success' comments on the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) for the 2010-11 school year in response to the Federal Register notice published on...

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Featured Reports

 

Cal GrantsStrengthening
Cal Grants to Better Serve Today's Students

TICAS and more than a dozen other student, civil rights, business, and college access organizations have come together to release a new analysis of how Cal Grants could better serve low-income college students.

RADD

Aligning the Means and the Ends

This white paper calls for major changes to federal student aid, including Pell Grants, student loans, and tax benefits, with the goals of increasing college affordability and completion.

SDR2010

Student Debt and the Class of 2011

Two-thirds of college seniors who graduated in 2011 had student loan debt, with an average of $26,600 per borrower. Meanwhile, unemployment for young college graduates remained high at 8.8 percent in 2011.

Adding It All Up 2012: Are College Net Price Calculators Easy to Find, Use, and Compare?

This report examines the state of net price calculators nearly a year after almost all U.S. colleges were required to post them on their websites. Our in-depth look at 50 randomly selected colleges' calculators found that many are difficult for prospective college students and their families to find, use, and compare.  

MLWMaking Loans Work

Our new report takes a closer look at how some forward-thinking community colleges in California are promoting responsible use of federal student loans - ideas that can be adopted by colleges across the country.

Critical Choices

Our new report looks at promising and problematic practices of financial aid offices when students apply for private student loans.

After the FAFSA

This report sheds light on what happens to federal financial aid applicants after they submit the FAFSA. Using 2007-08 financial aid data from 13 California community colleges, the Institute found that one in three likely Pell-eligible applicants did not receive a Pell Grant.