Affordability

Report examines funding and resource patterns from the Great Recession to the peak of the economic recovery (2006 to 2018), and takes a deep dive into the public four-year colleges that disproportionately enroll and graduate BIPOC students.

Report provides an in-depth overview of federal and state postsecondary data collection, highlights current legislation that could fill existing equity gaps, and makes policy recommendations for federal and state data collection.

As lawmakers look to improve college affordability, close racial and economic equity gaps in college completion, and reduce reliance on student debt, they must take a comprehensive approach that includes doubling the maximum Pell Grant, securing and strengthening the Pell Grant program, and creating a new federal-state funding partnership.

Summarizes loan limits, interest rates, and other terms for federal student loans issued from July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2022.

A broad set of speakers including students, student loan borrowers, advocates, institutional leaders, and lobbyists provided their thoughts on the ambitious set of priorities the U.S. Department of Education (ED) proposed to include as part of its upcoming negotiated rulemaking (neg reg) process.

This spring, lawmakers introduced three major legislative proposals to improve college affordability. These bills — the America’s College Promise Act, the Debt-Free College Act, and the College for All Act — differ in scope and design but would all create a new partnership between the federal government and states to better fund public higher education and waive some portion...