Sallie Mae has conducted "How America Pays for College" annually since 2008, providing information about the resources American families invest in an undergraduate college education. This study focuses particularly on the planning and payment behaviors in a given academic year. Now in its seventh year, the study provides a compelling…

This report profiles undergraduates enrolled in postsecondary education for the academic year 1992-93. It relies on data from the 1992-93 National Postsecondary Student Aid Study, third in a series conducted by the Department of Education. The report begins with an essay that explores the extent to which undergraduates have outside…

The Tuition Advance Fund (TAF) bill is analyzed on theoretical economic grounds, and forecasts of the net costs of the proposed program up to 1990 are offered. The TAF bill proposes the establishment of a new system of college loans as an addition to existing programs to allow students to borrow tuition plus an allowance for other costs. Novel…

Two contentions are examined in this report: that community colleges receive a smaller amount from state and federal assistance programs than they should in view of the less affluent population they serve, and that there is, on the other hand, a prevalence of individual over-awarding at these colleges. The report first discusses the difficulties…