Student Aid

TICAS statement on House passage of a bipartisan deal to permanently extend funding for HBCUs and other minority-serving institutions and to make long-overdue administrative revisions to improve access to affordable student loan repayment plans and simplify the FAFSA.

TICAS statement on Senate passage of a bipartisan deal to permanently extend funding for HBCUs and other minority-serving institutions and to make long-overdue administrative revisions to improve access to affordable student loan repayment plans and simplify the FAFSA.

Like other proposals before it, the College Affordability Act (CAA) — House Democrats’ comprehensive proposal to reauthorize the Higher Education Act — makes major progress in improving the federal student loan repayment system. In this blog post, we outline the major components of the new repayment system under the CAA, which is a strong starting point for much-needed...

On October 31, the House Committee on Education and Labor passed the College Affordability Act (CAA), a comprehensive proposal to reauthorize the Higher Education Act.

TICAS statement on committee passage of House College Affordability Act, a comprehensive overhaul of the Higher Education Act that would invest hundreds of billions of dollars to improve college access and affordability for students from all backgrounds.

The College Affordability Act, introduced by House Education & Labor Committee Democrats, makes critical new investments in Pell Grants, funds a renewed federal-state partnership, makes student loans more affordable, protects students against low-quality colleges, and improves federal postsecondary data collection and reporting.