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How Reforming Income-Driven Repayment Can Reduce the Burden of Student Debt
Analysis focuses on two key design details that can make income-driven repayment work better for borrowers.
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.
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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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July 1 is an important date for students + families: it's when most changes to federal student aid - loans and grants - go into effect. Read our updated fact sheet w/ '22-23 interest rates, loan amounts, & useful info on the most common types of fed loans: https://t.co/RCoLe5yEBB https://t.co/GI5kWbf4rS
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Introducing the 2022 Pell Access and Completion Series
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Introducing the 2022 Pell Access and Completion Series
New series highlights baseline statistics on access to the federal Pell Grant program and completion rates for U.S. higher education institutions by three sectors—community…
