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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...

Hopes & Hurdles

The Institute for College Access & Success, October 2009

In California and nationally, very few former foster youth make it to or through college, and cost is a major obstacle. A new report shows that despite federal and state programs and policies...

Coalition letter to House about CFPA oversight of all private loans

The Project on Student Debt, October 2009

Thirty-two organizations signed this letter to Rep. Barney Frank, Chair of the House Financial Services Committee, urging that all private student loans, including those made by colleges, fall...

Getting with the Program

The Project on Student Debt, October 2009

The Project on Student Debt has released a new report, "Getting with the Program: Community College Students Need Access to Federal Loans," which finds that nearly one in 10 community college...

Financial Aid Awards: Pledges, Packaging and Letters

The Institute for College Access & Success, September 2009

The Institute for College Access & Success' Cedrick Andrews and Matt Reed presented at this year's National College Access Networks conference in San Francisco on financial aid award letters and...

Team II Negotiated Rulemaking Comments

The Institute for College Access & Success, September 2009

Comments from Team II Negotiated Rulemaking to the U.S. Department of Education regarding preferred lender arrangements, private education loans, self-certification and exit counseling.

Coalition Letter in Favor of Discharging Private Student Loans in Bankruptcy

The Project on Student Debt, September 2009

Eighteen organizations signed on in a letter to Congress urging them to make private student loans dischargeable through bankruptcy.

Testimony of Lauren Asher on Private Loans and Bankruptcy

The Project on Student Debt, September 2009

Lauren Asher was invited to testify at the House Judiciary Committee's Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law's hearing, "An Undue Hardship? Discharging Educational Debt in Bankruptcy."

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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.