It focuses on presenting articles that report on original research relating to student financial aid or which
discuss student aid policy.
Federal
student aid policies do not cause college price inflation, but there is little doubt that they help make it possible.
Mary Johnson, director of Financial Literacy and
Student Aid Policy at financial services company Higher One, shared Collins» sentiment, adding students need more experience with practical matters, such as deciphering the fine print of their financial products like student loans or cell phone contracts.
Numerous studies have confirmed the so - called Bennett Hypothesis, put forward in 1987 by then — U.S. Secretary of Education William J. Bennett, which asserted that federal
student aid policies were helping to fuel college tuition inflation.
An expert on higher education finance, she speaks and writes extensively about issues relating to college access, college pricing,
student aid policy, student debt, and affordability.