CLASP's second paper in our "Building Skills, Remodeling the HEA" series recommends policy changes to address the lack of dedicated funding for education and training in noncredit workforce training programs.

Reforms can improve students' ability to access quality trianing programs when they have limited assets. For instance, future federal funding for postsecondary institutions to design and deliver workforce development training should be conditioned on a requirement that institutions and/or states adopt rigorous credit for prior…

On October 22, the U.S. Department of Education (ED) responded to concerns and recommendations from institutions and advocates, including CLASP, about implementing the Ability to Benefit (ATB) provision.

This agenda was developed by a five-member consortium designed to identify key reforms necessary for ensuring that Pell Grants and the Federal Work-Study program better meet the needs of America’s growing population of low-income, post-traditional students, with a special emphasis on underrepresented students.

The Federal Work-Study Program is small in comparison to other forms of federal financial assistance, but it has a real opportunity to provide both much-needed financial support and valuable work experience to low-income and post-traditional students.

The students from the most well off families receive the most tax-based federal college financial aid, which has become a big piece of the federal aid pie, according to a recent report from The Reimagining Aid Design and Delivery (RADD) Consortium for Higher Education Tax…

This paper from the Consortium on Higher Education Tax Reform discusses reforms that can better target tax aid to low-income people.

College costs are growing far faster than family incomes. Nearly half of students at public colleges have substantial unmet need. This executive summary of our longer "Reforming Student Aid" report explains how tax-based student aid and student outcome measures can be leveraged to improve college…

College costs are growing far faster than family incomes. Nearly half of students at public colleges have substantial unmet need. This white paper explains how tax-based student aid and student outcome measures can be leveraged to improve college choices and completion rates.

Recommendations on how to improve student financial aid offer forms, as outlined in the July 29, 2011 Federal Register (FR Docket ID: ED-2011-OPE- 0009) under ―Public Meeting on Recommendations for Improvement of Student Financial Aid Offer Forms, Development of Model Financial Aid Forms.