Promote fairness and equity for students across all sectors of postsecondary education, with a particular emphasis on the underrepresented and underserved students;
Promote the primacy of need-based aid;
Promote policies that address the needs of disadvantaged students;
Promote accountability;
Encourage simplicity;
Provide schools with the flexibility to respond to the specific needs of their students;
Recommend policies that accommodate the diversity of academic delivery models;
Promote the use of technology wherever possible;
Eliminate statutory requirements that use financial aid to enforce unrelated social policies; and
Support recommendations with research and data analysis wherever possible.
