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 colleges, public and non-profit universities, and for-profit colleges.

Summarizes loan limits, interest rates, and other terms for federal student loans issued from July 1, 2022 through June 30, 2023.

From 1972 to today, the federal Pell Grant program has provided need-based grant aid to 80 million low- and moderate-income students to help them achieve the dream of a college degree. Fifty years in, Pell Grants remain the federal government’s most effective investment in college affordability — but the share of college costs covered by the grant is at an all-time low.

The prospect of full student loan debt discharges in a final settlement to the Sweet case is welcome – and overdue – news for more than 200,000 borrowers who deserve relief under federal law. We congratulate our partners at the Project on Predatory Student Lending for their many years of advocacy on behalf of this class of defrauded borrowers, as well as the borrowers...

Fact sheet highlights the extent to which California’s public two- and four-year college students’ total college costs are covered by financial aid, how much of their annual family income is required to pay college costs, and the financial aid reforms policymakers must prioritize to better serve students.

Public Comment by Angela Perry, Director of Policy & Advocacy at the Institute for College Access & Success, at the…