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How to Secure and Strengthen Pell Grants to Increase College Access and Success
Fact sheet with key recommendations on how to secure and strengthen Pell Grants, the federal government’s most vital investment in higher education.
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New data show that the average student debt for college graduates continues to climb but at a slower pace. Nationally, about two in three (65 percent) college seniors who graduated from public and private nonprofit colleges in 2018 had student loan debt. These borrowers owed an average of $29,200. (Student Debt and the Class of 2018)
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TICAS COVID-19 Resources and Publications
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TICAS COVID-19 Resources and Publications
Regularly refreshed with TICAS' work related to the coronavirus and college affordability, includes current fact sheets, statements, and our coalition work.
Letter from 77 Groups Urging Congress to Invest In & Protect the Pell Grant Program During and After the COVID-19 Crisis
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Letter from 77 Groups Urging Congress to Invest In & Protect the Pell Grant Program During and After the COVID-19 Crisis
77 organizations urge Congress to invest in and protect the Pell grant program during and after the COVID-19 crisis.
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