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Panelists talked about the re-examining the current system of student financial aid, focusing on grants. Sara Goldrick-Rab presented her paper, “Making College Affordable: Rethinking Voucher…

Panelists talked about the history and development of student financial aid policies over the preceding 50 years and what improvements were needed to better benefit students and families. Da…

Panelists explored ways of improving the effectiveness of student financial aid and the possibility of meeting President Obama’s goal of of having the world’s highest rate of college graduat…

A hearing was held on the impact of the recession on states and local communities, as well as the need for an economic recovery bill. An economics professor, the head of a local food bank, a…

Panelists assessed college endowments and discussed the need for and implications of possible reform. In the first panel Miller, Frey, and Vedder reviewed the role that college endowments…

Witnesses testified about college costs and debt, including proposals to increase need-based aid to college students, help student borrowers better manage their debt, reform federal student …

The president of the College Board released findings on the trends in college pricing and financial aid. The report showed rising levels of financial aid provided to students as well as risi…

Professor Sandy Baum talked about a report by the College Board that focused on the rise in college and university tuition, including causes for the rising costs, whether federal and state a…

Witnesses testified about the rising costs of college tuition, the reasons for the increases, and potential policies to minimize future tuition hikes.

Sandy Baum and Jacqueline King talked about the rising college student debt in the U.S. and took audience calls, faxes, and electronic mail.