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We try to understand college opportunity through careful research and by listening to the students and those who serve them. We combine concrete, tailored policy recommendations with passionate, sophisticated advocacy, nationally and in California.
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Comprehensive Approaches to Student Success - Community of Practice Research and Equity Agenda
TICAS convened a group of organizations providing comprehensive approaches to student success, and with a Community of Practice, created a research agenda identifying the research questions most pressing to answer at this moment in time and a framework for equity in the use of data.
Accountability That Works: Restoring Gainful Employment and Strengthening Higher Education Accountability Measures
Brief provides an overview of the GE Rule, why it’s important to advance equity in higher education, and policy recommendations for how lawmakers can strengthen protections by re-instating the 2014 Rule. The brief also suggest modifications to ensure students, taxpayers, and families are not being harmed.
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Average student debt at graduation in 2020 ranged from $18,350 in Utah to $39,950 in New Hampshire, and new graduates’ likelihood of having debt varied from 39 percent in Utah to 73 percent in South Dakota. In nineteen states, average debt was more than $30,000, and it was over $35,000 in six states. (Student Debt and the Class of 2020)
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The #GainfulEmployment rule was established to #ProtectStudents and taxpayers from predatory career education programs. That’s why ED needs to reinstate GE thru #NegReg. Learn more about why we need a strong #GE rule: https://t.co/19WCiIOo0g https://t.co/8gRFQ2Y8xr
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Statement on the Proposed 2022-23 California Budget
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Statement on the Proposed 2022-23 California Budget
At this critical time, California Governor Gavin Newsom’s 2022-23 state budget proposal is rightly focused on closing education equity gaps by race and income, and…
