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Green Lights & Red Tape

The Institute for College Access & Success, December 2007

This report finds wide variations in financial aid policies and practices at the state’s community colleges, which can have a major impact on students’ access to available aid. We hope that our...

Testimony of Lauren Asher before U. S. Department of Education

Project on Student Debt, November 2007

On November 29, 2007, Lauren Asher, associate director of the Project on Student Debt, testified before the U. S. Department of Education at a hearing about the negotiated rulemaking for Public Law...

Testimony of Robert Shireman before the Iowa Legislature

Project on Student Debt, October 2007

On Monday, October 29, 2007, Robert Shireman, executive director of the Project on Student Debt testified before the Join Oversight Committee of the Iowa state legislature about Iowa's unusually...

Student Debt and the Class of 2006

Project on Student Debt, September 2007

Our report finds that the average student loan debt for graduating seniors climbed by eight percent in one year, while starting salaries rose by only four percent. Debt levels vary widely by state,...

Fair Loan Payments in H.R. 2669

Project on Student Debt, September 2007

The bill passed by the House and Senate includes a new Income Based Repayment (IBR) program modeled on

Key Provisions in H.R. 2669

Project on Student Debt, September 2007

Both houses of Congress have passed H.R. 2669, the College Cost Reduction and Access Act. When it is signed by the president, the new law will redirect taxpayer subsidies away from student loan...

National Expert on Student Debt Applauds Senate Passage of Higher Education Access Act

Project on Student Debt, July 2007

Shireman comments on passage of landmark legislation to increase grant aid and make student loan repayment more fair and manageable.

Balancing Acts

NACAC and the Project on Student Debt, June 2007

A national survey co-sponsored by the National Association for College Admission Counseling (NACAC) and the Project on Student Debt finds that high school counselors see worries about student debt...

Policy Agenda to Address Rising Student Debt

The Project on Student Debt, June 2007

With the Higher Education Act up for reauthorization in Congress, our policy agenda should serve as a guide for what concerned policymakers can do to strengthen federal financial aid policies and...

College Opportunity Incentive Fund

Project on Student Debt, June 2007

This policy proposal would encourage states and institutions of higher education to increase the number of young adults from families with below-median incomes who enroll in and graduate from college.

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Featured Reports

 

Strengthening
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.

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.

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.  

Making 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.