According to U.S. GAO, 9 in 10 colleges either don’t include or understate net price in financial aid offers. TY to Sen. Grassley Press & Senator Tina Smith for their ongoing bipartisan push to ensure aid offers are clear, transparent, & comparable across colleges. bit.ly/3UJhDXD

NEW REPORT | TICAS's Leslie Rios & Carrie R. Welton outline how policymakers can improve eligibility rules for public benefit programs to ensure students don't miss out on much-needed support in this important report in collaboration with The Hope Center

Read more here ⬇️

NEW BLOG | TICAS examines findings of The Hope Center's report, a roadmap for states to improve connections between #HigherEd & public benefit programs. While also looking at the ⬆️ evidence that 🔗 benefit access, #PostSec success, & economic prosperity. buff.ly/3UsMo2L

Public benefit programs like SNAP, TANF, and CCDF can alleviate student basic needs insecurity. Too often, states are narrowly interpreting federal law and excluding students with low incomes. In a new report with TICAS, we outline how to change that: hope.temple.edu/public-benefit…

I'm so excited about this new report from The Hope Center & TICAS. Public benefit programs are insanely complex, but states have a lot of power in how they administer them. Read up on how policymakers can leverage SNAP, CCDF, & TANF for student success! hope.temple.edu/public-benefit…

The best thing I have read today that captures how so many of us feel about our UCLA students, too. Op-ed: As a UCLA parent, I denounce Gene Block’s negligence toward our children’s safety - Daily Bruin dailybruin.com/2024/05/04/op-…

'Helping parenting students succeed means economic security for the whole family, not only the student.'

🍼 Read our senior advisor Eddy Conroy [email protected]'s latest for Forbes that presents how supporting #StudentParents aids families and combats enrollment declines. forbes.com/sites/edwardco…

Yet another group of students is suffering the fallout of a predatory #college that committed fraud and abuse. So, why didn't their #accreditor step in?

🔎 Our senior advisor Eddy Conroy [email protected] investigates the Council on Occupational Education.
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Distressingly, colleges in 3️⃣ 9️⃣ states are allowed to withhold transcripts from students who owe them money.

Our senior advisor Eddy Conroy [email protected] recently spoke with the The Chronicle of Higher Education's Kelly Field about a new rule from U.S. Department of Education that may improve these situations.
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Accreditors continue to fail to catch bad actors. Eddy Conroy [email protected] & @NewAmericanEd dig into one case regarding The Council on Occupational Therapy. newamerica.org/education-poli…

1 in 5 college students have kids, writes Eddy Conroy [email protected] New America Ed in @forbes.

How are states supporting them? forbes.com/sites/edwardco…

But....but....but....Dartmouth and Yale's press releases said they need to SAT to admit these students.

What gives?

Baltimore’s DEI Mayor Brandon Scott. Duly Elected Incumbent. ✊🏾

As federal policymaking becomes more race-evasive amid CRT-bans and DEI backlash, it is even more important to understand how policymakers frame persistent problems of racial inequity and their proposed solutions. The homies did just that with Student Debt
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They thought a degree would change their life. Instead, it left them trapped in school and in debt for years.
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There is no such thing as 'race-based admission' . . the only time it has ever existed was went you had to be white to gain admission.

The Chronicle should do better.

Caps on max aggregate federal student loans ready exist.

They are $31,000 for students who are considered dependent and $57,500 for independent students.

Higher ed affordability needs to improve, but it’s important to understand where we are starting from.

Thank you Secretary Miguel Cardona James Kvaal Richard Cordray for releasing new guidance that permits state grant agencies to conduct targeted outreach to FAFSA applicants about public benefits.

This will help countless students access ACA health insurance subsidies, SNAP programs and Medicaid!

Such a great get for American. Looking forward to seeing what Jordan does after such fabulous work as the first chief economist at ED

Everyone in Financial Aid for the last four months: Same.