Items tagged ‘Featured-Reports’
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Can Online Learning Bend the Cost Curve of Higher Education?
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Elizabeth BlumeA new report on whether online learning offerings can lead to lower tuition prices was recently released by Harvard University. The report finds th... -
Education Should Strengthen Oversight of Schools and Accreditors
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The U.S. Government Accountability Office recently released a report showing that colleges and universities with lower academic outcomes were no mo... -
Current Term Enrollment Estimates: Fall 2014
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Nicholas BrockThe National Student Clearinghouse Research Center (NSCRC) recently re-published its report that looks into current college term enrollments for th... -
Closing the College Graduation Gap
Nicholas BrockA recent paper published by the National College Access Network (NCAN) and the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center analyzed the rates of... -
Student Debt and the Class of 2013
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Elizabeth BlumeThe Institute for College Access and Success published its ninth annual report on the cumulative student loan debt of recent graduates from four-ye... -
State Disinvestment in Higher Education Has Led to an Explosion of Student-Loan Debt
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The Center for American Progress (CAP) released a new report this month that looks at the increasing reliance of public college students on student... -
What About Certificates? Evidence on the Labor Market Returns to Non-Degree Community College Awards in Two States
In the last fourteen years, the number of certificates (non-degree awards that require less time to complete than degrees) has increased significan... -
Untapped potential: Making the higher education market work for students and taxpayers
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A recent paper published by the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) argues for greater accountability for colleges and universities that receive fe... -
Trends in State Financial Aid
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States contributed $11 billion in financial aid to students enrolled in higher education in the 2012-2013 academic year according to a recent repor... -
A Federal Work Study Reform Agenda to Better Serve Low-Income Students
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Betsy Prueter Elizabeth BlumeA new report from Young Invincibles, A Federal Work Study Reform Agenda to Better Serve Low Income Students, highlights the new reality for college... -
How Income Share Agreements Could Play a Role in Higher Education Financing
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Betsy Prueter Nicholas BrockIn a recent paper from the Brookings Institution, Income Share Agreements (ISAs) are proposed as part of the solution to address rising higher educ... -
A First Look at the 2013 Survey of Consumer Finances
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The recently released 2013 Survey of Consumer Finances from The Federal Reserve points to increased student loan debt among young Americans (famili... -
Transferability of Postsecondary Credit Following Student Transfer or Coenrollment
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According to a report recently released by the National Center for Education Statistics, 35% of (first-time/full-time) undergraduates enrolled in a... -
The Condition of College and Career Readiness: 2014
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ACT recently released their annual report on the college readiness of the incoming college class. In addition to listing policy suggestions and rec... -
NASFAA Consumer Information Task Force Report
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A recent report from The National Association of Student Financial aid Administrators (NASFAA) argues that consumer information requirements for po... -
Chasing the College Dream in Hard Economic Times
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Nicholas BrockA new report published by ACT examines the financial burdens placed on families in funding their children’s college education, particularly after t... -
The 2013 Tuition Discounting Study
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The tuition discount rate (institutional grant dollars as a share of gross tuition and fee revenue) for first year students at private, non-profit,... -
Recent NCES Reports
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The National Center for Education Statistics has recently issued two reports, Out-of-Pocket Net Price for College and The Condition of Education 20... -
Snapshot Report: Postsecondary Student Mobility Rate: 2011-2013
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Nicholas BrockA new report from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center examined student mobility rates from 2011-2013. The student-mobility rate is t... -
Staying on Target for College
How Innovation Can Improve the Pipeline to Higher Education
Many prospective students, while qualified and prepared for college, often do not know how to navigate the deadlines and paperwork requirements nec... - article | June 20, 2014 | Postsecondary National Policy Institute
Freshman Year Financial Aid Nudges
An Experiment to Increase FAFSA Renewal and College Persistence
A recent paper from EdPolicy Works at The University of Virginia reports on the results of low-touch interventions to increase FAFSA renewal. Resea... -
Access to what and for whom? A closer look at federal Parent PLUS loans
A recentreport from AEI considers the federal Parent PLUS loan program: the types of institutions that benefit from the program, the types of famil...