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Cal Grant GPA Increases Would Hurt College Completion Rates

The Institute for College Access & Success, March 2012

Governor Brown’s 2012-13 proposed budget would substantially raise the grade point average (GPA) thresholds required to receive new Cal Grants, locking out more than a third of applicants currently...

TICAS Comments to the CFPB on Streamlining Inherited Regulations

The Institute for College Access & Success, March 2012

Response to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s request for public comment on streamlining regulations it inherited from other federal agencies.

TICAS Comments on IPEDS Technical Review Panel on Collecting Data on Veterans

The Institute for College Access & Success, March 2012

Comments in response to the “Report and Suggestions from IPEDS Technical Review Panel #36, Collecting Data on Veterans.”

Testimony of Debbie Cochrane, Program Director of the Institute for College Access & Success

The Institute for College Access & Success, February 2012

Testimony of Debbie Cochrane, Program Director of the Institute for College Access & Success, for the joint oversight hearing of the Assembly Higher Education Committee and Senate Business,...

TICAS Comments on Private Student Loans

The Institute for College Access & Success, January 2012

Official comments in response to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s “Request for Information Regarding Private Education Loans and Private Educational Lenders” (FR Doc. 2011–29737, Docket...

Data Show No Evidence of “Over‐Borrowing” at Community Colleges  

The Institute for College Access & Success, January 2012

Some community colleges have expressed concerns that their students borrow more than they need in federal loans. However, the data do not support claims of “over-borrowing” at community...

“Over‐Borrowing” Not the Problem at For‐Profit Colleges

The Institute for College Access & Success, January 2012

Some for‐profit college industry lobbyists blame students for the high debt and default levels at their schools, claiming that their students borrow more than they need in federal...

Risky Private Student Lending On the Rise Again

The Institute for College Access & Success, December 2011

One-page fact sheet on the recent signs of renewed growth in the private student loan market.

TICAS Comments on Draft Financial Aid Shopping Sheet

The Institute for College Access & Success, December 2011

Comments on the “Know Before You Owe” draft financial aid shopping sheet, developed by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and the U.S. Department of Education.

Our comments...

TICAS Comments on Student Success Task Force Recommendations

The Institute for College Access & Success, December 2011

TICAS comments on the California Community Colleges Student Success Task Force’s draft recommendations, “Refocusing California Community Colleges Toward Student Success.”

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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.