Joint Letter From Nearly 1,200 Organizations and Institutions Calling on Congress To #DoublePell

Over the last year, more than 170 stakeholders from 15 state agencies, numerous educational institutions, research and policy organizations, and community groups came together to develop a blueprint for the California Cradle-to-Career Data System. The proposed data system will be a neutral source of high-quality information, paired with tools to help a range of stakeholders ...

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.

Coalition letter from a dozen organizations representing higher education advocacy, civil rights, business and workforce, and students urging the authors of AB 1456 (Medina, McCarty, Leyva) to adopt recommendations that would help ensure Cal Grant reform best supports California’s vulnerable students.

TICAS and partners submitted comments including recommendations to empower the California Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education to be more proactive in preventing student harm, allow them to create and enforce stronger minimum operating standards for schools and protections for students, and to expand the Bureau’s capacity to respond in the event of a school closure.

Sticker shock based on known tuition and fee costs can be profound for college students, and clear communication about how available financial aid will help cover those costs is critical. Often overlooked, however, is the second shock of unanticipated charges in the form of additional fees, and the effects they have on affordability and even enrollment and completion.

Coalition letter urging Senate Majority Leader Schumer and Minority Leader McConnell in support of the closing the 90/10 loophole in the American Rescue Plan of 2021.