TICAS Statement on New Jersey Assembly Bill 1695

Final rules published by November 1 will take effect on July 1, 2023.

If you have federal student loans, you may be overwhelmed and confused by the barrage of announcements and information coming…

With just over $300 billion committed to supporting Californians statewide, Governor Newsom and the Legislature prioritized postsecondary investments that center on student access and success, increasing affordability, building-out student data systems, and strengthening consumer protections.

The Michigan state legislature passed a budget that invests over $2 billion in higher education for Michiganders. TICAS applauds this investment’s growth from last year’s $1.8 billion, demonstrating a growing commitment to improving higher education access and affordability. Both are essential to achieve the state’s 60 by 30 attainment goal.

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, non-profit institutions, and for-profit colleges.

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...