CLASP

This document by Lauren Walizer discusses a range of policy and practice options that states can undertake to increase college student access to public benefits.

This brief by Lauren Walizer discusses what CLASP has learned from working with states to enact such changes and develop a comprehensive and collaborative strategy to dedicate themselves to this work long-term.

This fact sheet by Kelly May and Lauren Walizer provides an overview of Ability to Benefit (ATB), which allows postsecondary students without a high school diploma or equivalency to receive Title IV student financ

Since 2011-2012, unmet financial need for college students has increased 23 percent. Nearly three in four students now experience it.

This brief encourages states to develop a state-defined process to utilize Ability to Benefit (ATB).

This paper lays out an action framework that the higher education leaders, nonprofit advocates, state policymakers, and postsecondary students we gathered during an April 2018 roundtable agree are needed to support the educational success of low-income working students, particularly students of color. It also examines…

CLASP submitted comments on the Department of Education’s (ED) proposed student loan borrower defense to repayment rule.

For low-income students, it’s critical to expand current political thinking to include raising the threshold for the automatic zero Expected Family Contribution (EFC).

The Chairman of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee requested comments in response to a white paper on accountability in the Higher Education Act (HEA). In our comments, CLASP focuses on the need to retain current accountability systems and carefully consider…

This fact sheet summarizes the Departments of Labor and Education proposals in the 2019 President's Budget, emphasizing cuts made to critical job training and postsecondary student aid programs for low-income individuals.