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New America, Reimagined: Built for What’s Next
New America Announces Its New Mission and Vision, Reveals New Logo and Website
AI Risks Creating a ‘Demand Machine’ for Governments, Report Warns
More Than Tuition: How to Improve Cost of Attendance
The 1986 Higher Education Act restricted the Department of Education’s involvement in Cost of Attendance calculations, but at what cost?
More Than Tuition: Trends in Cost Estimates Over Time
There has been huge discrepencies in how COA is calculated for colleges in the same geographical regions that have some angry.
More Than Tuition: High Uncertainty and Complicated Incentives
More Than Tuition: Today’s Students and Institutional Incentives for Setting Yearly Budgets
Even as the media focus is on elite private colleges, 45 percent of students live in households with less than $30,000 a year.
A Legislative History: Why is Cost of Attendance so Complicated?
Congress first defined COA more than four decades ago, in 1972, but changes in the student population since has left lawmakers scrambling.
More Than Tuition: What is Cost of Attendance?
Cost of Attendance is out pacing inflation every year and student debt is climbing above $1.2 trillion.
College Decisions Survey Part V: Searching for the Right College
This is the final brief in a five part series analyzing what students know about college financing.
One Small Step for FAFSA, One Giant Leap for Students
The Obama administration made an announcement that could fundamentally change the way students apply for federal financial aid.