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Federal Aid Public Forum Comments

The Institute for College Access & Success, June 2009

These comments are in response to the May 26, 2009 Federal Register notice (74 FR 24728) seeking public input about “how changes in the Department's financial aid communications and processes...

Negotiated Rulemaking Comments

The Institute for College Access & Success, June 2009

The Institute's comments and recommendations on the verification of student aid application information and financial aid communication.

Joint Letter to CA Legislators to Save the Cal Grant Program

The Institute for College Access & Success, June 2009

The Institute for College Access & Success was one of seven California organizations that signed on to a letter to state legislators in protest of the proposed elimination of the Cal Grant program.

Letter of Support for H.R. 2492

The Project on Student Debt, May 2009

The Project on Student Debt signed on with seventeen other higher education organizations in support of H.R. 2492, a bill which would close a coverage gap in the tax treatment of forgiven student...

Comments to Federal Reserve Board on Private Student Loan Disclosures

The Project on Student Debt, May 2009

The Institute for College Access & Success joined national consumer and student groups in submitting public comments about new disclosures for private student loans.

Quick Facts About Community Colleges and Financial Aid, 2007-08

The Institute for College Access & Success, May 2009

Community colleges are usually considered a low-cost college option, but the sticker price is only part of the real story - students often struggle to cover a range of related costs and living...

President Obama's Budget Would Make College More Affordable

The Institute for College Access & Success, February 2009

President Obama's fiscal year 2010 budget offers a bold and welcome new approach to student aid and will help make higher education more affordable for millions of students and families. It takes...

Group Letter to Secretary Geithner on the Term Asset-Backed Securities Loan Facility

, February 2009

Nineteen organizations sent a letter to the U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner urging him to make the receipt of TALF funds for private student loan financing conditional upon adequate...

Letter in Support of Consumer Protections in Private Loan Bailout

Project on Student Debt, January 2009

We are part of a coalition calling on Reps. Barney Frank and George Miller, who chair the House Financial Services and Education committees, respectively, to push for necessary borrower protections...

Comments on IPEDS SFA Survey

The Institute for College Access & Success, January 2009

It is important for students, policymakers, and the public to have timely and accurate information on financial aid to inform decision making and hold colleges accountable for their policies and...

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Our student debt report for the class of 2007 finds that the average student loan debt for graduating seniors climbed by six percent in one year, while starting salaries rose by only  three percent.

 

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Our report exposes 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.


 

Going to the Source: A Practical Way to Simplify the FAFSA

Our new report outlines a way to make applying for financial aid easier, safer, and more accurate by using income data the federal government already collects to answer many of the most difficult questions on the FAFSA.