Affordability

  • FAFSA Verification Melt is Trending for All The Wrong Reasons

    A sensible and necessary federal bookkeeping process is intimidating and confusing for students, and that needs to change.

  • The Glossary of Higher Education Policy

    Today’s students need a bipartisan and comprehensive rewrite of the Higher Education Act that upgrades quality, strengthens affordability, and…

  • Broadening Pathways and Partnerships: Comparing the PROSPER Act and Aim Higher Act

    How would the PROSPER Act and Aim Higher Act would affect new providers and pathways?

  • Parent, Provider, Employee and Student: Making it All Work

    Balancing the demands of academics, parenthood, full-time work and commuting—all in pursuit of the degree

  • 101: Pell Grant Rainy Day Fund

    What is the Pell Grant Program?The Pell Grant program is a federal means-tested program that offers postsecondary aid in…

  • A Rainy Day Fund for College Affordability

    As the signature federal student aid program providing college access to low and middle-income Americans, the Pell Grant program…

  • Walmart’s Big College Tuition News: How Employers Are Stepping Up to Help More Working Adults Earn a Degree

    Recently, retail giant Walmart, the largest private employer in the nation, made big news in higher education by announcing…

  • This Tennessee Business Leader Has a Blueprint for Closing the Skills Gap

    Joey Hatch, a recently retired construction executive and member of the Tennessee Board of Regents, credits his career success…

  • Jose Luis Cruz’s Fight to Expand Opportunity for Today’s Students

    Dr. José Luis Cruz has a national reputation as a powerful voice for equity, opportunity and accountability in higher…

  • Michele Siqueiros: A Leading Voice for Affordability, Access, Success and Equity in Higher Education

    Policy matters, and it played an important role in Michele Siqueiros’ life. Effective college affordability policies provided her with…

  • Champions Network: Policy Principles

    Download the Policy Principles one-pager to learn more about the five key federal policy issues supported by the Higher…

  • March News & Updates

    Policy Update: HEA RecommendationsWe are just two full months into 2018, and critical conversations around postsecondary education are moving…