Resources
Higher Learning Advocates’ federal policy resources include the most current data on adult students, parenting students, college affordability, equity, and more. Our work has resulted in positive change for today’s students, including access to discounted broadband for Pell students, the establishment of emergency aid funds, and increased financial aid for parenting students.
Satisfactory Academic Progress: Making Financial Aid Work for Today’s Students
A satisfactory academic progress, or SAP, reset can make college more affordable for low-income Americans, especially the 39 million with some college and no credential (SCNC) population. Higher Learning Advocates’ analyzed how in a new higher education policy brief, Satisfactory Academic Progress: Making Financial Aid Work for Today’s Students. In the brief, we highlight how…
Braided Funding Backgrounder
Today’s students follow myriad pathways to and through higher learning. Providing today’s students with wraparound supports and tools to navigate complex career pathways systems can greatly boost their chances of success, but requires multiple resources. For students, this means the programs they rely on for career and income mobility have limited sets of resources from…
Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP) Backgrounder
Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP) is a federal provision that requires institutions to establish criteria a student must meet in order to remain eligible for federal student aid, such as Pell Grants and student loans. Typically, to meet SAP requirements, students must meet a minimum grade point average (GPA), or its equivalent, and complete a minimum…
SAP Reset Infographic
In order to access federal financial aid to pay for higher education, students must meet Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP) requirements, which require credit completion and GPA minimums. For some returning adult students who reenter higher education after a poor academic performance in the past, SAP requirements can be a significant barrier to earning the degree…
What Works for Today’s Students—Satisfactory Academic Progress Reset
Over the past 20 years, 36 million students have enrolled in higher education but have not finished a degree. Although today’s students are completing college at higher rates than before, four out of ten students still do not earn a degree within six years. Download our new policy brief, What Works for Today’s Students—Satisfactory Academic Progress Reset,…
What Works for Today’s Students—Microgrants
Currently, only about half of students who enroll in college graduate within eight years of beginning their studies. Microgrants can help to increase this number. Download our new policy brief, What Works for Today’s Students—Microgrants, to learn more about how microgrants are working to support today’s students, the challenges institutions encounter in funding emergency grant…
Joint Letter from HLA, TICAS, and CLASP on the FAFSA Simplification Act
Higher Learning Advocates sent a joint letter with the Institute for College Access and Success (TICAS) and the Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP) encouraging policymakers to consider two specific improvements to the FAFSA Simplification Act of 2019 that would further strengthen the bill for the benefit of students and their families. Read the…
Higher Education Act (HEA) Recommendations
Higher Learning Advocates is working to shift federal policy from higher education to higher learning—education and training beyond high school that leads to a degree, credential, or employment. While more students are participating in higher education than ever before, there is a vast and growing disconnect between federal policy and the needs of today’s students, employers,…
State Profiles
State profiles feature key data points, visual infographics, and brief explanations of all 50 states, and are a quick and easy resource for policymakers, analysts and media.