AMEDF Alliance
Ensuring College Success
ARCHIVED PUBLICATIONS
A pre-publication report (Sept 2006) of the findings titled "A Test of Leadership- Charting the Future of US Higher Education" by the Commission on Higher Education Competitiveness...
A report (Aug 2006) titled "Eliminating Complexity and Inconsistency in Federal Financial Aid Programs for Higher Education" by the Vice Chancellor and Counsel for the University of Texas...
An article on the effects of assets on need-based aid (July 2004) titled "When Saving Means Losing: Weighing the Benefits of College Savings Plans", published by the Lumina Foundation...
A report on improving college graduation rates (May 2004) titled "A Matter of Degrees", published by the Education Trust...
A report on improving both freshmen retention and college graduation rates (July 2004) titled "Facing the Truth, Living with the Consequences" , published by the Pell Institute...
A study of the high school sophomore class of 2002, their demographic backgrounds, and their expectations about college attendance (April 2004) titled "High School Sophomore Class of 2002: A Demographic Description", published by NCES....
A January 2004 memo from the IFAP on the treatment of 529 plans and Coverdells in the determination of the FM EFC
Fall 2002 law article on the suicide rates of college students indicates a hidden crisis faced by college students
Dec 1st, 2004 report on Affordability of US Universities as compared to Canadian colleges, published by the Educational Policy Institute
2004 detailed report called A Primer on Economics for Financial Aid Professionals published by the College Board that provides all the underlying financial and economic justifications for college merit and need based aid and how colleges price tuitions
2004 report called Education Pays that details the benefits of higher education for individuals and society published by the College Board
2004 report from the Community College Survey of Student Engagement, called Engagement by Design, that details information from 152 community colleges about why students fail at community colleges, shedding light on the overall needs of students thinking about college attendance and the gaps in their preparation for college challenges
