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Monday, December 17, 2018 Denver Voters Approve Sales Tax Increase to Fund College Scholarships for Local Students » DSF CEO Lorii Rabinowitz with two DSF Scholars. By guest blogger Lorii Rabinowitz, CEO of Denver Scholarship Foundati...
Thursday, October 25, 2018 Illinois Offers Case Study on Pairing Higher Education Data and Consumer Education » The Illinois Student Assistance Commission (ISAC) recently launched an online consumer information tool called College2...
Wednesday, October 17, 2018 How One State Increased FAFSA Completion by 26 Percent » In the 2016-17 school year, the Louisiana Office of Student Financial Assistance (LOSFA) was one of 22 organizations sel...
Thursday, June 28, 2018 California’s Performance-Based Funding Aims to Augment Student Success » States have long mulled over innovative options to pivot away from allocating taxpayer dollars to institutions based on...
Thursday, May 31, 2018 Georgia's Unmissable but Far from Unheard of Chance to Fund Need-Based Aid » Earlier this month, Republican Gov. Nathan Deal signed a bill that authorized Georgia’s first need-based aid program, th...
Tuesday, May 22, 2018 "15 to Finish" Bill Fails in Tennessee » Earlier this year, Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam delivered his final State of the State address in Nashville and announced a...
Thursday, May 10, 2018 New State Policy Toolkit Arms Advocates with Resources » Today, NCAN is pleased to release the completed State Policy Toolkit , a resource aimed at arming members with data and e...
Thursday, April 19, 2018 Need-Based Aid Comes to Georgia: Stay Tuned for Vital Details » Advocates for low-income students in Georgia scored an initial victory as the state’s legislative session came to a close...
Thursday, April 12, 2018 Bayou State's New FAFSA Rules Plant Seeds for Student Success » The amount of financial aid forgone by students entering higher education is well-documented, with billions of dollars in...
Thursday, March 15, 2018 Successful State Policy Advocacy: a Michigan Case Study » Beginning in the 2013-14 academic year, the Michigan College Access Network (MCAN) began providing school counselors wit...
Tuesday, March 6, 2018 New Resources Highlight Complex Nature of States' College Costs » Two reports from last month take a deep dive into the current state of higher education finance, each offering applicable...
Thursday, January 11, 2018 NCAN Introduces Model State Policy Agenda and Toolkit » Today, NCAN released our final Model State Policy Agenda and the first of five installments in a State Policy Toolkit.&n...
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