Authors: Alberto Guzman-Alvarez (University of Pittsburgh), Lindsay C. Page (University of Pittsburgh)
This study was published today in Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis.
Main Findings:
The institutional compliance costs of the FAFSA verification mandate in 2014 totaled nearly $500 million, with the burden falling disproportionately on public institutions and community colleges in particular.
Twenty-two percent of an average community college s financial aid office operating budget is devoted to verification procedures, compared to 15 percent at public four-year institutions and 1 percent at private four-year institutions.
Details:
The authors note that every year approximately 6 million of the 20 million students who apply for federal financial aid through the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) are selected by the U.S. Department of Education to undergo a verification process that requires them to further attest that the information reported on their F
Author: Paul Bruno (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
This study was presented today at the American Educational Research Association s 2021 Virtual Annual Meeting.
Main Findings:
The adoption of a school funding system in California that increased revenues for schools enrolling higher-need students led to an increase in the rate at which charter schools enrolled low-income students.
This effect was concentrated among charter schools initially enrolling low-income students at relatively low rates, suggesting that some charters cream skim high achieving, wealthier students, but that such behavior also can be mitigated.
Details:
For many, the expansion of charter schooling since the early 1990s has been a cause of concern. Among the major concerns is that charter schools will cream skim high-achieving, wealthier students from nearby traditional public schools, exacerbating segregation and burdening traditional schools with a combination of falling revenues and hig