A Prescription for Oversubscription in State Financial Aid Programs
Over 1 million students are eligible for state financial aid but are never funded. This is the number a recent report put to a problem many have suspected. Depending on the…
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Redesigning State Financial Aid: Principles to Guide State Aid Policymaking
This Special Report examines four principles for state leaders to consider as they develop or evaluate financial aid redesign reform efforts. The financial aid redesign principles, identified through a Thinkers…
Free College and Adult Student Populations
Bills related to free college programs, a trend in college affordability policy, have been considered in over half of states in recent years. The following dashboard illustrates where policies have…
Providing Financial Support — Beyond Tuition — to College Students
This post is co-authored with David Tandberg, vice president of policy research and strategic initiatives at the State Higher Education Executive Officers Association (SHEEO); and Robert Kelchen, assistant professor of higher…
State Financial Aid: What We’re Watching
Each year, states invest over $12 billion in aid programs that support over 4.5 million students in their quest for postsecondary education. And each year, state aid programs garner a…