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    Casualties of College Debt: What Data Show and Experts Say About Who Defaults and Why
    Ahlman, Lindsay; Gonzalez, Veronica (The Institute for College Access and Success, 2019-06-14)
    This report uses the latest federal data on delinquency and default to better understand who student loan defaulters are, explores key themes of who defaults and why that emerged across over 20 in-depth conversations with a diverse group of experts, and lifts up the lived experience of default through voices of borrowers themselves. The report includes recommendations for policymakers to reduce financial hardship during repayment and keep borrowers out of default, and identifies priority areas for further study and action to reduce default.
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    Dire Disparities: Patterns of Racially Inequitable Funding and Student Success in Public Postsecondary Education
    Ahlman, Lindsay; Gonzalez, Veronica; Cochrane, Debbie (The Institute for College Access and Success, 2019-08-29)
    This report examines changes in state and local appropriations and tuition revenue between the years during and following the Great Recession, and their impact on resources disparities across public colleges and universities, and the underrepresented students of color who enroll in them. Community colleges serve the highest shares of underrepresented students of color and have just a fraction of the state support and tuition revenue available to other public institutions.
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    Driving Down Default: How to Strengthen the Cohort Default Rate to Further Reduce Federal Student Loan Default Risk
    Ahlman, Lindsay (The Institute for College Access and Success, 2019-11-14)
    The cohort default rate (CDR) has worked to reduce students’ risk of default, but decades of experience have also revealed weaknesses that policymakers must tackle. This report outlines key priorities for strengthening the CDR to further reduce student loan default, including specific recommendations to protect against manipulation, build in greater incentives for schools to continue to meaningfully improve their CDRs, and ensure the CDR effectively targets high-risk colleges.
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    Short-Term Programs in the Shadows: What Data Show About Program Length, Cost, and Payoff
    Ahlman, Lindsay; Gonzalez, Veronica (The Institute for College Access and Success, 2019-07-22)
    This report selects state- and system-level data on short-term programs under consideration for expanded Pell Grant eligibility. The analysis finds a diverse landscape of short-term programs focused on a wide range of fields with different program costs and a range of success rates for students. Methodological challenges encountered underscore the need for better data and improved data systems capable of assessing the quality and payoff of short-term workforce training programs not currently eligible for the Pell Grant.
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    Student Debt and the Class of 2018
    Gonzalez, Veronica; Ahlman, Lindsay; Fung, Ana (The Institute for College Access and Success, 2019-09-19)
    New data show that the average student debt for college graduates continues to climb but at a slower pace. This report finds wide variations in debt levels across states as well as colleges. Average student debt at graduation in 2018 ranged from $19,750 in Utah to $38,650 in Connecticut, and new graduates’ likelihood of having debt ranged from 36 percent in Utah to 76 percent in New Hampshire. High-debt states remain concentrated in the Northeast and low-debt states are mainly in the West.