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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.

Private Loan Policy Agenda

The Project on Student Debt, June 2007

This policy agenda for private student loans outlines a way to give students and parents with private loans access to the kind of information and consumer rights that other types of borrowers can...

Student Loan Reforms: Preventing Conflicts of Interest

Project on Student Debt, May 2007

As the student loan conflict-of-interest scandal keeps making headlines, policymakers have developed proposals to restrict or ban questionable college and lender practices. This comparison includes...

2003-04 Quick Facts on Student Debt

Project on Student Debt, May 2007

Useful facts about student debt, parent borrowing, private loans, Pell Grants, and more. Includes sources.

Proposed Amendments to Higher Education Act

The Institute for College Access & Success, April 2007

The Institute has submitted recommendations to the U.S. House of Representatives Education and Labor Committee for its version of the Higher Education Act reauthorization. Our proposed amendments...

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

The Institute for College Access & Success, March 2007

This report outlines a plan for simplifying the financial aid application process by letting financial aid applicants ask the IRS to automatically answer many of the most difficult and important...

Opinion on Legal Requirements for Disclosure of Tax Transcript Data

Holland + Knight LLP, March 2007

This legal opinion concludes that the IRS may legally release tax transcript information to the Department of Education with a financial aid applicant's written request. This procedure could be...

Analysis of S. 359, the Student Debt Relief Act of 2007

Project on Student Debt, January 2007

The Senate bill, a companion to H.R 5, would increase the Pell Grant and improve protections for student borrowers, in addition to cutting student loan interest rates. Some of these protections...

Analysis of H.R. 5, the College Student Relief Act of 2007

The Project on Student Debt, January 2007

The Project on Student Debt has analyzed the new House leadership's proposal to cut the interest rate on certain federal student loans in half over five years. To find out who would benefit and how...

A Research Agenda for the Study of Student Indebtedness and College Enrollment

Project on Student Debt, NERCHE, November 2006

This broad-based, multi-disciplinary research agenda to inform financial aid policies and student advising was sponsored by the New England Resource Center for Higher Education as well as the...

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Featured Reports

iconStudent Debt and the Class of 2008

Our student debt report for the class of 2008 found college seniors carried an average of $23,200 in student loan debt while unemployment climbed to 10.6 percent.

 

 

iconGreen Lights & Red Tape

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.