Other provisions on this progressive policy include reduced student loan interest rates by half, federal refinancing eligibility,
simplified financial aid application process, and expansion of the federal work - study program.
«The results of the H&R Block FAFSA experiment are unambiguously positive in terms of the effects of
simplifying the financial aid application process combined with providing individualized aid eligibility information,» write the authors, economists all: Eric P. Bettinger of Stanford University, Bridget Terry Long of Harvard University, and Philip Oreopoulos of the University of Toronto.
Some of her projects have included: «Improving Access to College Information and Financial Aid,» a study on the effects of
simplifying the financial aid application process; «Understanding Barriers and Examining Interventions,» a series of research studies focused on college enrollment and completion for the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation; and «Addressing the Problem of Insufficient High School Preparation,» which focuses on state efforts to regulate college remedial programs and reforms that attempt to reduce the need for remediation.
Not exact matches
Growing concerns about low awareness and take - up rates for government support programs like college
financial aid have spurred calls to
simplify the
application process and enhance visibility.
The director of communication at Student
Financial Aid Services, which has been helping students prepare their Free
Application to Federal Student
Aid for 23 years, says the
process can by
simplified — by a lot.