Report. Presents the recommendations of the Rethinking Pell Grants Study Group for strengthening the Pell Grant program and increasing the benefits it provides both to students and to society as a whole.

Policy Brief. Provides an overview of the recommendations of the Rethinking Pell Grants Study Group. The group’s report outlines the following proposals designed to improve the program for young people growing up in low- and moderate-income families, while also better serving older adults returning to school to improve their labor market opportunities.

One pager. Provides an overview of the recommendations of the Rethinking Pell Grants Study Group. The group’s report outlines the following proposals designed to improve the program for young people growing up in low- and moderate-income families, while also better serving older adults returning to school to improve their labor market opportunities.

Research Brief. New evidence on how students’ choice of postsecondary institution is sensitive to grant aid offers from the colleges and universities. Institutional aid sensitivity is largest for students from the least wealthy families but does not vary by race/ethnicity or measured academic ability.

Report. The College Board recently completed a five-state study to learn how further simplification of the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) would affect student eligibility for state need-based grant programs. The full report and results are now available.

PowerPoint. Slides from the April 28, 2011 Learning to Lead: Admissions in the 21st Century webinar. The webinar discussed research from the Cracking the Student Aid Code study.

Letter. A letter to the College Board from prominent financial aid researchers regarding Pell Grant reform.

Report. Based on research with parents and students of low- and moderate-income backgrounds and explores their attitudes, expectations and experiences with the Federal financial aid process.

Summary. Provides a summary of the principles underlying the study group's recommendations and current work on this initiative.

Executive Summary. A summary of the recommendations of the Rethinking Student Aid study group.

Report. The final report of the Rethinking Student Aid study group, which provides a comprehensive set of recommendations for policy reform to restructure and simplify the federal student aid system to increase access to and success in higher education. This publication also includes estimates of implementation costs.

Policy Brief. Presents in concise form the recommendations of the Rethinking Student Aid study group.

Report. Background research and analysis that informed the report from the Rethinking Student Aid study group.