Improved FAFSA Completion Rates: One Step Closer

Apr 10, 2014 | Initiatives, News

(cross-posted from the blog of the National College Access Network) The Department of Education has a new FAFSA completion initiative to give more Americans the opportunity to afford, attend, and graduate from college. Through this initiative, state education agencies...

Help Improve the College Ratings System

Nov 25, 2013 | News, Research and Policy

When the U.S. Department of Education released the College Scorecard earlier this year, it was the first salvo in a years-long effort to reform the way that students and families search for colleges. As we wrote earlier on the blog, the goal was the development of a...

Overhaul financial aid, college access experts tell Senate

Nov 21, 2013 | News

The Free Application for Federal Student Aid “could and should be eliminated.”  That was the consensus testimony of Kim Cook, executive director of the National College Access Network (NCAN) and three other national experts in the college access field at a US Senate...

How the Government Shutdown Affects Higher Ed Access Programs

Oct 1, 2013 | News

Unable to reach an agreement over the federal budget, much of the U.S. government has halted operations.  What does this mean for higher ed access programs?  Many are primarily funded by the federal government. Our colleagues at the National College Access Network,...

NCAN Weighs In on Higher Education Act Reauthorization

Aug 6, 2013 | News

Today, with the help of its newly formed Rapid Response Policy Team, the National College Access Network (NCAN) submitted several practical policy reforms to the Reauthorization of the Higher Education Act. As outlined in this letter, these policy recommendations...

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