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TICAS Submission of RADD Tax Reform Recommendations to Ways and Means

The Institute for College Access & Success, April 2013

TICAS officially submitted the tax reform recommendations outlined in the white paper “Aligning the Means and the Ends: How to Improve Federal Student Aid and Increase College Access and Success”...

Strengthening Cal Grants to Better Serve Today’s Students

The Institute for College Access & Success, April 2013

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...

TICAS Comments in Response to the CFPB's Request for Information on Private Student Loan Affordability

The Institute for College Access & Success, April 2013

Comments in response to the CFPB’s request for information regarding an initiative to promote student loan affordability.

Pell Grants Help Keep College Affordable for Millions of Americans

March 2013

One-pager on the importance of the Pell Grant program, the impact of recent changes, and projected stability in Pell Grant costs.

Aligning the Means and the Ends: How to Improve Federal Student Aid and Increase College Access and Success

The Institute for College Access & Success, February 2013

Coalition Letter to Representative Cohen in Support of the Private Student Loan Bankruptcy Fairness Act of 2013

The Institute for College Access & Success, February 2013

Over thirty-five organizations representing students, consumers, and higher education institutions sent a letter to Representative Cohen expressing strong support for the Private Student Loan...

Coalition Letter to Senator Durbin in Support of the Fairness for Struggling Students Act of 2013

The Institute for College Access & Success, February 2013

Over thirty-five organizations representing students, consumers, and higher education institutions sent a letter to Senator Durbin expressing strong support for the Fairness for Struggling Students...

Independent Students Depend on Pell Grants for Access to College

November 2012

Fact sheet on independent students, with a focus on those who receive Pell Grants.

Q&A on the For-Profit College “90-10 Rule”

The Institute for College Access & Success, November 2012

The "90-10" Rule is a federal law barring for-profit colleges from receiving more than 90% of their revenues from Department of Education federal student aid. It is modeled on the Department of...

Cal Grant Snapshot

The Institute for College Access & Success, November 2012

Illustrated fact sheet on the Cal Grant program, which provides more than $1.5 billion in need-based financial aid to California’s college students, representing a significant state investment in...

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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.