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2025
The Total and Permanent Disability Discharge Program: A Debt-Relief Lifeline for Americans with Disabilitiesoriginal (opens in a new tab)
4 Nov 2025
Protecting the Progress Made on the Total and Permanent Disability Discharge Programoriginal (opens in a new tab)
4 Nov 2025
31 Oct 2025
Beyond Income: How Wealth Can Better Target State Funding for Higher Educationoriginal (opens in a new tab)
29 Oct 2025
Comments to Dept. of Education on Career Pathways and Workforce Readinessoriginal (opens in a new tab)
27 Oct 2025
TICAS Submits Letter on College Cost Transparency to Senate HELP Committeeoriginal (opens in a new tab)
27 Oct 2025
Preparing to Implement Workforce Pell Grants: States Should Legislate to Solidify Student Protectionsoriginal (opens in a new tab)
23 Oct 2025
ED Kicks Off Negotiated Rulemaking to Implement Changes to Federal Student Loan Systemoriginal (opens in a new tab)
8 Oct 2025
TICAS Applauds Michigan Governor and Legislature on 2025-26 Final State Budget That Prioritizes Studentsoriginal (opens in a new tab)
7 Oct 2025
Student Loan Borrowing in California: Undergraduate and Graduate Landscapesoriginal (opens in a new tab)
6 Oct 2025
Shifting Policy & Practice: Increasing Student Access to State & Institutional Aid in Michiganoriginal (opens in a new tab)
1 Oct 2025
19 Sept 2025
New York State 2025 Legislative Session: Key Actions on Higher Educationoriginal (opens in a new tab)
2 Sept 2025
26 Aug 2025
California Steps Up for Students: Highlighting 25-26 Budget Investments that Support Access and Affordabilityoriginal (opens in a new tab)
21 Aug 2025
California’s Affordability & Accountability Priorities within the 25-26 Budgetoriginal (opens in a new tab)
21 Aug 2025
Greater Chicago Food Depository Seeks to Address Student Food Insecurity through Innovative Legislationoriginal (opens in a new tab)
14 Aug 2025
Senate Subcommittee Maintains Student Aid Funding Levels Against President’s Budgetoriginal (opens in a new tab)
31 Jul 2025
How New SNAP and Medicaid Provisions will Impact Basic Needs Insecurity and State Budgetsoriginal (opens in a new tab)
24 Jul 2025
How the Reconciliation Law Changes the Federal Student Loan Repayment Systemoriginal (opens in a new tab)
24 Jul 2025
How the Reconciliation Law Will Change Higher Education Accountability and Impact Students & Borrowersoriginal (opens in a new tab)
24 Jul 2025
15 Jul 2025
Supreme Court Decision Green Lights Mass Firings at Department of Education, Harms College Students and Borrowers original (opens in a new tab)
14 Jul 2025
Missed Opportunities: CA Legislature Deserts 4 Higher Ed Bills as Federal Attacks Pile Uporiginal (opens in a new tab)
8 Jul 2025
With Reconciliation Passage, Washington Doubles Down On Restricting Higher Education and Limiting Americans’ Potentialoriginal (opens in a new tab)
3 Jul 2025
TICAS Applauds California for Protecting Higher Education Access Amid Federal Uncertaintyoriginal (opens in a new tab)
2 Jul 2025
30 Jun 2025
Higher Education and Basic Needs Advocacy Efforts: Learning from State and Local Approachesoriginal (opens in a new tab)
30 Jun 2025
Empowering the Next Generation of Higher Education Policy Leaders: Reflections on the Inaugural TICAS Federal Policy Fellowshiporiginal (opens in a new tab)
25 Jun 2025
New York State Opportunity Promise Scholarship: A Good Start to Support Adult Learners through Postsecondary Educationoriginal (opens in a new tab)
18 Jun 2025
Senate Agriculture and Finance Reconciliation Proposal Will Exacerbate Basic Needs Insecurity and Strain State Budgetsoriginal (opens in a new tab)
17 Jun 2025
State Perspectives: Efforts to Support Students’ Basic Needs in a Rapidly Shifting Environmentoriginal (opens in a new tab)
17 Jun 2025
States Need to Create New Pathways to Nonfederal Aid for Students Who Do Not Complete the FAFSAoriginal (opens in a new tab)
13 Jun 2025
Senate Reconciliation Package Improves on House Bill, But Will Still Harm Millions of Students and Borrowersoriginal (opens in a new tab)
11 Jun 2025
An Emerging Threat: States Need to Protect Students from Harmful Short-Term Certificate Programsoriginal (opens in a new tab)
9 Jun 2025
4 Jun 2025
Californians for College Affordability Coalition Letter on 2025-26 State Budgetoriginal (opens in a new tab)
4 Jun 2025
40+ Stakeholders and Advocates Urge Senate to Prioritize Higher Ed in Reconciliationoriginal (opens in a new tab)
2 Jun 2025
Eliminating Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants Punishes Students with Significant Financial Needoriginal (opens in a new tab)
2 Jun 2025
Trump’s Budget Cuts Would Gut College Hopes for Low-Income Students, Hurt the Nation’s Economyoriginal (opens in a new tab)
2 Jun 2025
How House Republicans’ Student Loan Repayment Plan Would Disproportionately Harm Low-Income Borrowersoriginal (opens in a new tab)
27 May 2025
College is Worth it: How We Shift the Culture of Higher Education in Michiganoriginal (opens in a new tab)
22 May 2025
Growing economic uncertainty, federal actions impact key investments in higher education for Californiaoriginal (opens in a new tab)
19 May 2025
Severe Cuts to TRIO and GEAR UP Programs Hamper Efforts to Offer Fair College Access and Success – and a More Equitable Societyoriginal (opens in a new tab)
16 May 2025
College Closures Will Happen – States Need to Act Now to Protect Studentsoriginal (opens in a new tab)
16 May 2025
Revised California Budget Navigates the Deficit and Minimizes Harm to College Students and Institutionsoriginal (opens in a new tab)
14 May 2025
Deep Cuts to Medicaid and SNAP will Increase Poverty and Reduce Higher Education Access Nationwideoriginal (opens in a new tab)
13 May 2025
House Republican Proposal to Eliminate Subsidized Student Loans Would Spike College Costs for Low-Income Studentsoriginal (opens in a new tab)
7 May 2025
House Education Bill Would Weaken Borrower Protections, Leave Students Vulnerable to Predatory and Low-Quality Institutionsoriginal (opens in a new tab)
5 May 2025
A Bad “RAP”: Everything Wrong with House Republicans’ Poorly Designed “Repayment Assistance Plan”original (opens in a new tab)
5 May 2025
Trump’s Budget Continues Growing Trend to Target College Access and Affordabilityoriginal (opens in a new tab)
2 May 2025
House Reconciliation Bill Threatens Students’ Access to College and Pathways to Success Beyond Graduationoriginal (opens in a new tab)
28 Apr 2025
Cuts to Health & Nutrition Programs Will Harm Millions of Americans and, Once Again, Imperil State Higher Education Affordability for a Generation of Studentsoriginal (opens in a new tab)
25 Apr 2025
TICAS Condemns Effort to Politicize Accreditation and Weaken Higher Education Qualityoriginal (opens in a new tab)
24 Apr 2025
The PROTECT Students Act: How New Legislation Can Protect Students and Taxpayers from Predatory Practices in Higher Educationoriginal (opens in a new tab)
14 Apr 2025
8 Apr 2025
50+ Organizations Urge Congress to Prioritize Students in Reconciliationoriginal (opens in a new tab)
8 Apr 2025
MESA Program Spotlight: Building a Diverse Pipeline of Students Pursuing a STEM Degree Within California Community Collegesoriginal (opens in a new tab)
7 Apr 2025
SB 790’s Unintended Consequences: A Flawed Reciprocity Agreement Could Harm Californiansoriginal (opens in a new tab)
1 Apr 2025
27 Mar 2025
Student Loan System Failure is Inevitable with Transfer to Small Business Administration, Putting Millions at Riskoriginal (opens in a new tab)
21 Mar 2025
Reckless executive order will prove disastrous for students, borrowers, and workforceoriginal (opens in a new tab)
20 Mar 2025
2025 College Completion Policy at TICAS: A Year of Impact and Innovationoriginal (opens in a new tab)
18 Mar 2025
17 Mar 2025
12 Mar 2025
Education Department action sows disorder and confusion, ignores real opportunities for reformoriginal (opens in a new tab)
11 Mar 2025
7 Mar 2025
NY Priority: Institutional Debt Keeps SUNY and CUNY Students from Completing Collegeoriginal (opens in a new tab)
7 Mar 2025
NY Priority: Extend the Eligibility Timeline for New York’s Tuition Assistance Programoriginal (opens in a new tab)
7 Mar 2025
NY Priority: Reducing TAP Distinctions for Dependent and Independent Studentsoriginal (opens in a new tab)
7 Mar 2025
California Education Groups Call for Transparency and Accountability on Latest Middle Class Scholarship Errororiginal (opens in a new tab)
6 Mar 2025
TICAS Expands State-Level Commitment for Student Protections with the Addition of Christopher J. Madaiooriginal (opens in a new tab)
4 Mar 2025
TICAS Joins 100+ Organizations Urging Congress to Protect the Pell Grant Programoriginal (opens in a new tab)
26 Feb 2025