Student Debt and the Class of 2020

TICAS made comments to the California Community College Board of Governors expressing concerns regarding the Memoranda of Understanding (MOU) that the Chancellor’s Office recently entered into with American Public University System (APUS).

Coalition letter from 26 organizations working on behalf of students, veterans, faculty and staff, civil rights advocates, and researchers urging Congressional leaders to maintain the Build Back Better exclusion of for-profit schools from the proposed Pell Grant increase.

Fact sheet fact checks and explains some of the most common misconceptions and inaccuracies about NC-SARA, state authorization, and consumer protections for students enrolled online across state borders.

Michigan’s financial aid system is unnecessarily complex. The state has eight separate programs operating with different rules and requirements, and the misalignment between the programs is often costly for students and colleges. A joint report from TICAS and TCF examines the current landscape of existing financial aid programs in the state and offers policy recommendations...

Michigan’s financial aid system is complicated. There are eight different programs targeted at different populations, each operating under different rules…

Coalition letter from 13 organizations working on behalf of students, veterans, faculty and staff, civil rights advocates, researchers, and other stakeholders writing in response to the Department of Education's request for public comments on a rule to fully implement closure of the 90/10 loophole.