How Affordable Are Public Colleges in Your State?
December 17, 2019 by Andrew Howard Nichols, Marshall Anthony Jr., J. Oliver Schak For millions of college-going students, one of the most urgent concerns is the rising cost of college and how…
Hasan Minhaj is Right: Public Colleges Today Force Students to Take on Debt or Work Too Much
December 17, 2019 by EdTrust New Ed Trust Research Sheds Light on the Adage That Students From Low-Income Backgrounds Can Work Their Way Through College WASHINGTON (December 17, 2019) — The idea that students from…
College Affordability Act Would Advance Higher Education Opportunity and Improve Outcomes
October 31, 2019 by Wil Del Pilar, Ph.D. The full House should take up this comprehensive Higher Education Act reauthorization ASAP WASHINGTON (October 31, 2019) – Today, Wil Del Pilar, vice president of higher education at The Education…
Americans Are Split on College Costs and Who Should Pay
September 25, 2019 by Wil Del Pilar, Ph.D. This is a repost from New America’s EdCentral Policy Blog. You can find the original post here. New America recently released its third annual Varying Degrees survey, which examines Americans’…
Trump Administration Props Up Predatory For-Profit Colleges at Expense of Students With “Borrower Defense to Repayment” Final Rule
August 30, 2019 by Wil Del Pilar, Ph.D. Statement From Wil Del Pilar, Vice President for Higher Education, on the Trump Administration’s Borrower Defense to Repayment Final Rule Washington (August 30, 2019) – Today, Wil Del Pilar, vice…
Candidates’ “Free College” Proposals Must be More Inclusive of College Students with Children. Here’s How.
July 30, 2019 by Susana Contreras-Mendez, Tessa Holtzman, Lindsey Reichlin Cruse More than half of the 2020 presidential candidates support some version of “free college” as a strategy to combat the rising cost of college. Whether or not “free college” is…
Ed Trust Calls for Congress to Protect the Pell Grant Reserve
May 14, 2019 by EdTrust Statement from The Education Trust on the President’s Proposal to Use Pell Grant Dollars on Non-Educational Programs WASHINGTON (May 14, 2019) – “The Education Trust stands in opposition to the…
The Education Trust’s Comments on the U.S. Department of Education’s Proposed Rulemaking for Federal Student Aid
January 14, 2019 by EdTrust Aaron Washington U.S. Department of Education 400 Maryland Ave. SW Room 294-12 Washington, D.C. 20202 RE: Docket ID ED-2018-OPE-0076 Download Our Full Comments Dear Mr. Washington: On behalf…
A Promise Fulfilled
September 06, 2018 by Tiffany Jones, Katie Berger Each fall, millions of college students across the country start classes in hopes of earning their degree. However, the…