TG Public Policy
For more information, contact:
George Torres,
TG Senior Advisor to the President for Congressional and Legislative Relations
george.torres@tgslc.org
Kelly Kaelin,
TG Senior Policy and Legislative Liaison
kelly.kaelin@tgslc.org
Comparison of Proposals to Restructure the Federal Student Aid Programs (PDF)
Useful links:
Finaid! (Student Aid Policy Analysis page)
NASFAA National Conversation Initiative Web page
NASFAA Student Aid Transcript (NASFAA membership required)
NASFAA Monograph (Available under "NASFAA Publications" on the NASFAA Resource Catalog Webpage; NASFAA membership required)
American Council on Education (Government Relations and Public Policy Web page)
Gates Foundation (Postsecondary Education Web page)
Public Policy in Higher Education
Council on Law in Higher Education
Inside Higher Ed (Views)
Chronicle of Higher Education (Government Web page; Chronicle membership required)
Higher Ed Watch (New America Foundation)
Government Agencies/Industry Associations and Proposals
This page provides information on proposals by various government agencies and financial aid industry associations to restructure the federal student aid programs. Below are links to these proposals, with the entities that developed them. In addition, there is a link in the margin of this page to a quick-reference chart that provides highlights of each of these proposals, along with a few others.
- Guarantor Chief Executive Officer (CEO) proposal
- HR 3221, the Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2009 (SAFRA) (proposed legislation by the U.S. House of Representatives)
- Guarantors as Borrower Advocates and Program Support Agencies: The Role Beyond (National Association of Student Loan Administrators [NASLA])
- Reforming Federal Student Aid Programs: With a focus on the students we serve (the Friday the 13th Group, an independent coalition of financial aid administrators)
- Student Loan Community Proposal (a group of 32 student loan entities)
- What the Federal Government Owes Student Borrowers (Chronicle of Higher Education article written by Paul Combe, President and CEO of American Student Assistance [Chronicle membership required])
- Targeting of Student Aid Programs According to Financial Need (Finaid)
- Preliminary Recommendations from the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators (NASFAA)
- NASFAA National Conversation Initiative Concept Paper for New Student Loan Model (NASFAA)
- A Future Federal Student Loan Program Alternative for Discussion (Sallie Mae [Sallie Mae user ID and password required])
- A New Era of Responsibility (President Barack Obama's FY 2010 Federal Budget Proposal, Education section)
- Re-thinking Educational Loans (National Forum on Educational Loans)
- Fulfilling the Commitment: Recommendations for Reforming Federal Student Aid (College Board's Rethinking Student Aid Project)
- Breaking the Deadlock: Unifying Our Federal Student Loan Programs (American Student Assistance President and CEO Paul Combe)
- A Rational Approach to Federal Student Aid (Sara Martinez Tucker, former Undersecretary of Education)
- A Test of Leadership: Charting the Future of U.S. Higher Education (Former Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings's Commission on the Future of Higher Education)