http://www.clasp.org/experts/highlights.xml?id=0018 Resources & Publications from the Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP) en-us Sun, 19 May 2013 20:11:18 -0500 info@clasp.org webmaster@clasp.org 40 Tue, 16 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0500 /admin/site/publications/files/CLASP-Unmet-Need-Brief-041213-final-ab-2.pdf Over the last three decades, college tuition and fees have increased nearly four times faster than median income and four-and-a-half times faster than inflation. The rapid increase in college costs and flat or reduced funding in student aid has resulted in sizable unmet need and has forced students -- particularly low-income students -- to borrow more, work more hours, take fewer courses, or in some cases, drop out altogether. Unmet need and student loan debt for students at high-cost institutions have attracted widespread public attention. Less attention has been paid to unmet need at community colleges, where 41 percent of all undergraduates living in poverty are enrolled, according to the most recent data available (2007-2008). http://www.clasp.org/admin/site/publications/files/CLASP-Unmet-Need-Brief-041213-final-ab-2.pdf Fri, 08 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0600 /admin/site/publications/files/Final-RADD-WhitePaper-Feb-2013.pdf Our paper offers a range of policy options for consolidating the various tax-based aid provisions and better targeting this aid toward low- and modest-income families. We also propose piloting "real-time payment" of the American Opportunity Tax Credit to deliver this aid to students when they enroll, not just at tax time. Our ideas are backed by ten-year revenue estimates and distributional estimates from the Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center. We've crafted our recommendations to be revenue neutral or modestly positive to respond to current budget realities, and we believe these proposals are timely, given the potential for tax reform in this Congress. http://www.clasp.org/admin/site/publications/files/Final-RADD-WhitePaper-Feb-2013.pdf Mon, 30 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0500 /postsecondary/publication?id=1110&list=publications CLASP and the National Center for Higher Education Management Systems (NCHEMS) hosted a webinar announcing an exciting interactive tool to measure the personal, state and federal revenue returns to increasing the number of adults with a postsecondary credentials. http://www.clasp.org/postsecondary/publication?id=1110&list=publications Fri, 23 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0500 /admin/site/publications/files/Ability-to-Benefit-FAQs.pdf After July 1, 2012, newly enrolled college students without a high school diploma or secondary school equivalent will no longer eligible for federal student aid, due to the elimination of the "Ability to Benefit" (AtB) options by Congress in December 2011. The loss of AtB options threatens the economic mobility of low-skilled adults and youth seeking postsecondary credentials to improve their job prospects. This brief outlines the provision and why the AtB policy is essential for maintaining access to education and training for low-income, low-skilled students. http://www.clasp.org/admin/site/publications/files/Ability-to-Benefit-FAQs.pdf Thu, 22 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0500 /postsecondary/publication?id=1088&list=publications The House FY 2013 Budget Resolution released this week by budget committee Chairman Paul Ryan makes vague but undeniable threats to the Pell Grant program, proposing to limit funding and further tighten eligibility requirements. http://www.clasp.org/postsecondary/publication?id=1088&list=publications Wed, 15 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0600 /postsecondary/publication?id=1083&list=publications CLASP's summary of Education and Training in the President's FY 2013 budget proposal. http://www.clasp.org/postsecondary/publication?id=1083&list=publications Fri, 07 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0500 /postsecondary/publication?id=1132&list=publications A draft appropriations bill released by the U.S. House Appropriations Committee on Sept. 29 significantly harms Pell Grant students by slashing $44 billion from the program over 10 years, putting in jeopardy the maximum Pell Grant, and making drastic changes to eligibility. These proposed changes threaten low-income students' ability to access and succeed in higher education. http://www.clasp.org/postsecondary/publication?id=1132&list=publications Mon, 03 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0500 /admin/site/publications/files/CLASP-testimony-on-nontraditional-students-to-ACSFA.pdf On Sept. 30, 2011, the Advisory Committee on Student Financial Assistance held a hearing on higher education regulations and nontraditional students. CLASP submitted comments focusing on the primary barriers to access and persistence for nontraditional students and promising strategies and policies and the role of the federal government in helping nontraditional students in overcoming the barriers. http://www.clasp.org/admin/site/publications/files/CLASP-testimony-on-nontraditional-students-to-ACSFA.pdf Thu, 17 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0500 /admin/site/publications/files/ACSFA-comments.pdf These comments were shared with the Advisory Committee on Student Financial Assistance's spring hearing on the congressionally mandated net price calculators and the barriers to access and persistence faced by non-traditional students. CLASP public comments focused on Session II: Nontraditional Students - Barriers to Access and Persistence, recommending that the federal government maintain a fervent commitment to grant aid for these students; provide more student support services tied to student aid; and hold higher education institutions accountable for results to lower-income, lower-skilled non-traditional students. http://www.clasp.org/admin/site/publications/files/ACSFA-comments.pdf Wed, 26 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0600 /postsecondary/publication?id=0917&list=publications In a new Spotlight on Poverty webcast, Vickie Choitz, senior policy analyst with CLASP's workforce development team and co-author of Funding Career Pathways and Career Pathway Bridges: A Federal Policy Toolkit for States, discusses approaches to help low-skilled, low-income adults earn postsecondary credentials that lead to good jobs with family-sustaining wages. http://www.clasp.org/postsecondary/publication?id=0917&list=publications Mon, 27 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0500 /admin/site/publications/files/Five-Strategies-to-Help-Low-Income-Adults-and-Youth-Attain-Community-College-Credentials-092710.pdf http://www.clasp.org/admin/site/publications/files/Five-Strategies-to-Help-Low-Income-Adults-and-Youth-Attain-Community-College-Credentials-092710.pdf Thu, 08 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0500 /postsecondary/publication?id=0784&list=publications http://www.clasp.org/postsecondary/publication?id=0784&list=publications