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Chairwoman Foxx’s Higher Education Proposal Falls Short on Student Protections, College Affordability
In response to House Education and Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx’s release of the College Cost Reduction Act (H.R. 6951), Sameer Gadkaree, President...
TICAS recognizes Governor Newsom’s balance of fiscal reality, key priorities to higher education funding in proposed budget
In response to California Governor Gavin Newsom’s release of his proposed state budget today, Emmanuel “Manny” Rodriguez, Director of Policy and Advocacy for...
10 Best Ways to Save for College
How much student loan debt do you think the average college student racks up by the time they cross the graduation stage? Seriously,...
New Report Examines Funding Needed to “Close the College Affordability Gap”
TICAS partnered with higher education researcher Dr. Donald E. Heller to examine the “affordability gap” that students are facing when paying for college. ...
What Is a HEERF Grant?
Have you seen all the headlines about colleges giving out cash to students and wondered what the heck is going on? It might...
A 4th Stimulus Check Is Happening—if You Live in These States
It seems like every time a stimulus check goes out, there’s a five-second pause before someone starts asking, “So . . . will there be another stimulus?”...
Financing Evidence-Based College Completion Programs
While there has been a substantial increase in college attainment and college completion over the last two decades, the percentage of students who...
What is Dual Enrollment and How Does it Work?
Want to get a head start on your college education? Dual enrollment is a program that allows high school students to take college-level...
Money Matters: ASU & WGU’s Workarounds to Financial Aid Guardrails in California.
California policymakers have limited access to the Cal Grant program to postsecondary institutions that are based in the state and meet high quality standards. These requirements are...
How Do Student Loans Work?
So you want to go to college (or maybe continue on to grad school). But you feel like the only way to make...
