Latino Blueprint Offers New Ideas for Financial Aid Policy - Higher Education: With the Higher Education Act (HEA) up for renewal this year, a leading Hispanic education organization is seeking to shake up current thinking about federal policy with a collection of new ideas that would re-imagine student financial aid for college.
In a new report, Excelencia in Education proposes to allow students to change the financial aid formula for work-study, allow students to use financial aid for remedial courses and require that students file financial aid forms at the same time they apply to college.
“Effective financial aid policy means more than just money,” says Deborah Santiago, Excelencia in Education vice president for policy and research. “It also means re-imagining aid to serve students well.”
