The Rethinking Student Aid Agenda: Progress to Date and Challenges to Come

Michael McPherson, President, Spencer Foundation

A policy forum to discuss recommendations for improving college access and success through federal student aid reform. Study group co-chairs Sandy Baum, Senior Policy Analyst at the College Board and Professor of Economics Emerita at Skidmore College, and Michael McPherson, President of the Spencer Foundation, set the stage for the discussions. Robert Shireman, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Education, addressed the group during lunch. Throughout the day, the group revisited the Rethinking Student Aid study group’s recommendations, with contributions from:

• David Breneman, University Professor, Curry School of Education, University of Virginia
• Steve Brooks, Executive Director, North Carolina State Education Assistance Authority
• Youlonda Copeland-Morgan, Associate Vice President, Enrollment Management, Syracuse University
• David Longanecker, President, Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education
• Tom Rudin, Senior Vice President for Advocacy, Government Relations & Development, The College Board
• Judith Scott-Clayton, Assistant Professor of Economics and Education and Senior Research Associate, Community College Research Center, Teachers College, Columbia University
• William Troutt, President, Rhodes College
• Jane Wellman, Executive Director, Delta Cost Project

Sponsored by the Rethinking Student Aid Study Group, with support from the College Board Advocacy & Policy Center and Lumina Foundation for Education.