Accountability

Joint memo on transitioning borrowers back into repayment from TICAS, Center for American Progress, New America Higher Education Program, National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators (NASFAA), and The Pew Charitable Trusts’ Project on Student Borrower Success.

Today, in order to properly safeguard students and the taxpayer dollars being provided to institutions, 43 organizations write to Congress to ask crucial protections be included in any additional funding package.

In the face of a global health and economic crisis, Congress quickly provided colleges with resources to support students facing unexpected costs stemming from sudden campus closures. This analysis finds that many colleges are not compliant with requirements to post information about how resources are being spent.

The COVID-19 pandemic threatens to devastate America’s colleges and universities, which face deep state budget cuts and the potential loss of significant tuition and other revenue as millions of students are considering their college plans for the coming year. Because colleges are essential to build and maintain a globally competitive economy, expand knowledge, promote oppor...

The NC-SARA Board of Directors are holding a meeting on May 5, and TICAS submitted comments with partners in advance of the meeting expressing concerns about proposed changes to the NC-SARA manual, as well as offering recommendations for NC-SARA to consider given the increase in online education in the wake of COVID-19, to inform their discussion.

TICAS and partners submitted comments urging the legislature to prioritize oversight of for-profit colleges as part of the COVID-19 response, and to include two high priority policy changes in any reauthorization legislation passed regarding the Bureau in 2020.