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Delisle, Jason D. – American Enterprise Institute, 2020
The 2020 Democratic presidential primary elevated free-college plans to the top of the national agenda, with many candidates proposing expansive programs to help states make public colleges and universities free for in-state students. Proponents of these plans argue that tuition at public colleges and universities has become increasingly…
Descriptors: Paying for College, Student Financial Aid, Public Colleges, Tuition
Delisle, Jason D.; Cooper, Preston – American Enterprise Institute, 2020
At the end of 2019, 43 million Americans owed over $1.5 trillion in federal student loans. The rapid increase in these balances over the past decade has led many to deem student debt a "crisis." Now, there is growing support among Democratic policymakers, and even some Republicans, to immediately cancel all or most of the federal…
Descriptors: Student Loan Programs, Debt (Financial), Federal Aid, Paying for College
Pell Grant Mission Creep: How a Federal Program for Low-Income Families Expanded to the Middle Class
Delisle, Jason D.; Christensen, Cody – American Enterprise Institute, 2019
The federal Pell Grant was designed to help low-income students pay for college. But over the past two decades, a growing share of middle-income students have become eligible for the program. This was not policymakers' explicit goal. This report examines how the program came to increasingly provide students from middle-income families with grants,…
Descriptors: Federal Aid, Grants, Federal Programs, Low Income Students