Last week, the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators (NASFAA) published the results of a “quick scan” member survey about proposed changes to the Perkins Loan Program. Overall, the 680-plus respondents seemed opposed to the reforms, with 80 percent saying they would prefer just expanding the existing Perkins program. Over 50 percent also raised [...]
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UPDATED: Two Easy Ways to Link Private and Perkins Loans
There are few higher education access issues the proposed reforms to the Perkins Loan Program (pages 64 to 88) aren’t trying to target. Tamping down excessive college costs? Schools get rewarded for low tuition. Need to improve graduation rates for low-income students? Institutions receive money for graduating large numbers of Pell Grant students. But the [...]
Who Gains From the Perkins Loan Low Tuition Incentive Formula?
Contained within the Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act (PDF) is a proposal to reform the Perkins loan program by increasing its funding to $6 billion and distributing this money through three separate formulas. According to the legislation, one-quarter of this funding, or $1.5 billion, would be given to schools through a new low tuition [...]
Lowering Student Loan Default Rates: What One Consortium of Historically Black Institutions Did to Succeed 
College and Career-Ready: Using Outcomes Data to Hold High Schools Accountable for Student Success
03/11/10 | Kevin Carey is quoted on the rising costs of education in The Economist.
03/10/10 | Chad Aldeman Aldeman's False Fronts is quoted on Accuracy in Academia.
03/09/10 | Ben Miller is quoted on loan origination on the Firedog Lake blog.
03/07/10 | Kevin Carey calls for a Race to the Top in higher education in a column in The Chronicle of Higher Education.
03/08/10 | Andrew Rotherham's Eduwonk post on RTT finalists is quoted on Class Struggle.
03/07/10 | Andrew Rotherham is quoted on the success of MATCH in The Times-Picayune.
03/06/10 | Eduwonk's reaction to Ohio's status as a RTT finalist is cited in a Wall Street Journal editorial.
03/05/10 | Andrew Rotherham's reaction to New York's status as a Race to the Top finalist is cited on National Journal.