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Student Debt and the Class of 2011

The Institute for College Access & Success, October 2012

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...

TICAS Comments on the IBR/ICR Plan Request Form

The Institute for College Access & Success, October 2012

Comments on the draft “Income-Based/Income-Contingent Repayment Plan Request” form for Direct Loan (DL) and Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) borrowers. This draft form provides an integrated...

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

The Institute for College Access & Success, October 2012

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. These online tools are supposed to help consumers...

How are Net Price Calculators Adding Up, One Year Later?

The Institute for College Access & Success, October 2012

Presentation at the 2012 National Association for College Admission Counseling (NACAC) conference. TICAS presented its new research on net price calculators, while college counselors from uAspire...

TICAS Participation Rate Index (PRI) Worksheet

The Institute for College Access & Success, September 2012

This tool helps colleges with low borrowing rates understand whether they may qualify to appeal CDR sanctions.

TICAS Memo on CDR Manipulation

The Institute for College Access & Success, August 2012

Memo on three ways for-profit college companies may be manipulating their cohort default rates (CDRs) and steps the Department of Education should immediately take to ensure full compliance with...

Making Loans Work

The Institute for College Access & Success, August 2012

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...

Coalition Letter Asking Secretary Duncan to Hold Career Education Programs Accountable

August 2012

Letter submitted by a coalition of organizations representing students, teachers, consumers, and civil rights to Secretary Arne Duncan asking the Department of Education to hold career education...

Letter to Martha Kanter on Borrowing Rates for Upcoming Cohort Default Rate Release

The Institute for College Access & Success, August 2012

Letter to U.S. Under Secretary of Education Martha Kanter with recommendations on how provide context for cohort default rates (CDRs) to consumers, journalists, and colleges for the for the...

Coalition Letter to the Department of Education on the Proposed Rules to Improve IBR/ICR/TPD

August 2012

Letter submitted by a coalition of organizations representing students, teachers, consumers, and civil rights on the proposed rules to improve the Income-Based Repayment (IBR) and Income-Contingent...

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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.