Making College Affordable
October 11, 2022 by EdTrust 
October 11, 2022 by EdTrust
Most Americans agree that a college degree is a good investment in their future. However, there is an ongoing concern that the increasing cost of college is pricing more and more Americans out. Ed Trust believes in making colleges and universities more affordable and ultimately debt free. From highlighting the affordability gaps in the total cost of attendance to our calls for doubling the Pell Grant, our goal is to make state and institutional leaders aware of the actions that need to be taken so that college students can earn a college degree without it turning into a debt sentence.
State Financial Aid
- How Affordable Are Public Colleges in Your State?
- For Student Parents, The Biggest Hurdles to A Higher Education Are Costs and Finding Child Care
- Free College Programs
Pell Grants
- It’s Time to Double the Pell Grant
- Joint Letter to U.S. House & Senate Calling for Doubling of the Pell Grant
Black Student Debt Crisis
- Jim Crow Debt: How Black Borrowers Experience Student Loans
- Black Student Debt: Explaining the Crisis & Providing Solutions
- The ‘Black Tax’ Is Key to Understanding and Solving the Black Student Debt Crisis in the Time of COVID-19 & Beyond
- State Federal Partnerships may be the key to Reducing Black Student Debt
- There’s a Black Student Loan Debt Crisis and it Needs an Urgent Solution – How About Reparations?
- Black Students Hold too Much Debt and the way out Includes More and Better Career Counseling
- Can Debt Relief and Investment in HBCUs Level the Playing Field for Black Students
- To Tackle the Black Student Debt Crisis Target the Racial Wealth gap
- Student Loans are a Labor Issue
- How Black Women Experience Student Debt
- How Student Debt Harms Black Borrowers Mental Health
- Opinion – Should the Government Forgive College Student Loan Debt