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Voices from the Front Lines of the HBCU PLUS Loan Crisis
Last year the U.S. Department of Education tightened eligibility requirements for federal PLUS loans, leading to a significant increase in rejection rates, from 28 to 38 percent. Many families and...
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Upcoming Event: Saving Financial Aid
The Asset Building Program is looking forward to hosting an event this coming Monday morning in collaboration with the Assets and Education Initiative (AEDI) at the University of Kansas. Join us on...
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Parent PLUS Loans: A No-Strings-Attached Revenue Source
This blog post is the second part in a series that takes a look at recent changes to the credit criteria for Parent PLUS loans and the subsequent effect on historically black colleges and universities....
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Playing the Long-Game on College Financing
Sometimes when I need to motivate myself to do something, cheesy as it may be, I think about how it will benefit "future me.""Future me" will enjoy wearing the clean clothes that "present me" washed....
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University of Virginia: Proving Me Right Since 1819
The University of Virginia is no stranger to controversy. Just over a year ago, in June 2012, the school’s governing body, the Board of Visitors, voted to oust the president after less than two years...
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Student Loan Deal Misses Bigger Threat to College Access
Although President Obama and Congress have acted to preserve affordable student loan rates, they’re failing to address a much more serious threat that could impair college access. College enrollment...
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The Ed Department Blinks on Parent PLUS Loans
This blog post is the third part in a series that takes a look at recent changes to the credit criteria for Parent PLUS loans and the subsequent effect on colleges and universities. You can find the...
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Obama Education Plan and New America Research
President Obama today announced a bold new plan for higher education that aims to make college more affordable. Many of the features of the Obama plan have been the subject of research and analysis by...
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CHEAT SHEET: President Obama’s Higher Ed Plan: What Requires Congressional...
We’ve been getting a lot of questions about what in President Obama’s higher education proposal requires Congressional approval. We’ve made this cheat sheet to give you a quick and dirty look. This is...
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President Obama Aims to "Shake Things Up" in Higher Ed
When President Obama said he was going to “shake things up” in higher education just under a month ago, many of us didn’t really believe it, fatigued from lofty presidential promises that failed to go...
View ArticleThe Ed Dept.'s New Proposed Language for Gainful Employment is Out. Here's...
With a little bit more than a week until the next round of negotiated rulemaking on gainful employment kicks off on Sept. 9, the U.S. Department of Education today released its initial proposal for the...
View ArticleEvent Series at the University of Kansas on Poverty, Assets, and the American...
The University of Kansas School of Social Welfare, the Assets and Education Initiative (AEDI), and the KU Social Work Administration and Advocacy Practice are convening a series of events over the next...
View ArticleMerit Aid: Not Just for the Middle Class
Supporters of “merit aid” often defend it as being a middle class benefit. When articles appear that are critical of non-need-based financial aid, they are typically greeted with responses such as this...
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Zero Education Debt: The Promise of Income Share Agreements
Last Friday, the New America Foundation’s Education Policy Program, in partnership with the Lumina Foundation, hosted a “Zero Education Debt” event. Panelists looked at the concept of Income Share...
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Should Secretary Duncan Apologize to For-Profits for Parent PLUS Loan Debacle?
This blog post is the fourth part in a series that takes a look at recent changes to the credit criteria for Parent PLUS loans and the subsequent effect on colleges and universities. You can find the...
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The Parent Trap
Parent PLUS Loans and Intergenerational Debt January 8, 2014Rachel FishmanURL: http://education.newamerica.net/sites/newamerica.net/files/policydocs/Corrected-20140110-ParentTrap.pdf Click here to...
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Building an AOTC Movement
Strengthening Outreach for a Reformed American Opportunity Tax Credit May 1, 2014Stephen BurdRachel FishmanURL:...
View ArticleRecent NCES Reports
The National Center for Education Statistics has recently issued two reports, Out-of-Pocket Net Price for College and The Condition of Education 2014, an annual report to inform policymakers about the...
View ArticleThe 2013 Tuition Discounting Study
The tuition discount rate (institutional grant dollars as a share of gross tuition and fee revenue) for first year students at private, non-profit, four-year institutions has increased to 44.8% for the...
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Asset Building News Week, July 14-18
The Asset Building News Week is a weekly Friday feature on The Ladder, the Asset Building Program blog, designed to help readers keep up with news and developments in the asset building field. This...
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