Affordability

The modern Cal Grant program was enacted 20 years ago, and a broad array of stakeholders have called for it to be reformed to better meet the needs of the state and close disparities in college enrollment and completion.

This is the third blog post in our "Diving Deeper into College Affordability Gaps in California. In this post we discuss a few methodological details of IPEDS' net price dataset and how they can mask the real total costs of attending CA Community Colleges.

The COVID-19 pandemic has upended the lives of college students and the institutions that serve them. At this pivotal time, California Governor Gavin Newsom’s 2021-22 state budget proposal would make smart, urgently needed investments to help struggling students afford and complete college. These include a substantial increase in the number of Cal Grants available to older...

Joint letter from the University of California Student Association (UCSA) and TICAS regarding proposed changes to the University of California’s Education Financing Model, urging the adoption of a hybrid approach that incorporates both differential self-help by family resources and a debt-free college pathway to best support under-resourced and underrepresented students.

For the third iteration of our report on What College Costs for Low-Income Californians, we analyzed what…

In case you missed it, last week TICAS released a new brief, What College Costs for Low-Income Californians: 2020, highlighting the role that grant aid plays in the net prices that low-income Californians have to pay out of pocket at University of California (UC), California State University (CSU), and California Community College (CCC) campuses across nine regions.