Advocacy Issue One-Pagers
The Advocacy team has created the following one-pagers on key current issues. Each provides a summary of the issue, and the desired congressional action.
- Campus Based Programs
- Campus-based federal student aid includes the Perkins Loan, Federal Work-Study (FWS), and Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant (FSEOG) programs. Funds from these programs are given to the institution for distribution, rather than directly to the student. Institutions value these programs highly because th...
- Consumer Disclosure
- Providing accurate and helpful consumer disclosures for students and families regarding college cost is of great value and utmost importance. Postsecondary education is likely one of the largest investments that families will make and they deserve to have proper and timely information to make those decisions. This is a...
- Loan Interest Rates
- The Federal Direct Subsidized Stafford Loan Program provides low-interest loans to financially needy undergraduate students. Interest on the loans is paid by the government while borrowers are in school or in authorized periods of deferment. Borrowing is subject to annual and aggregate loan limits. Borrowers begin rep...