Postsecondary Education
Student Aid, Access, & Affordability

EPI is an international leader in the area of student financial aid policy and postsecondary access. Dr. Swail, president of EPI, and Mr. Usher, Vice President of EPI, have extensive background and research and policy making in this area, and both have written extensively on the topic.

EPI has conducted a number of projects related to student aid and postsecondary access over recent years in the US and Canada, and also related to international issues. The work includes policy studies of tuition policies, admissions policies, and also evaluations of scholarship programs and other policy initiatives.

Related Projects:

• Changes in Tuition Policy - Natural Policy Experiments in Five Countries (2003), Canada Millennium Scholarship Foundation
• The Affordability of University Education (2003), Canada Millennium Scholarship Foundation
• Florida Trends in Student Aid (2003); Florida Council on Education Policy, Research, and Improvement (CEPRI)
• Measuring the Effectiveness of Student Aid (MESA; 2005-09), Canada Millennium Scholarship Foundation
• Evaluation of the NACME Scholars Program (2006), National Action Council on Minorities in Engineering
• California Trends in Student Aid (2006), EdFund
• Kentucky Postsecondary Education Comprehensive Affordability Analysis (2006), Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education
• Missouri Students and the Pathways to College (2006-07), Missouri Higher Education Loan Authority
• Evaluation of the Province of Ontario’s Aboriginal Education and Training Strategy (2006-07), Ontario Ministry of Training, Colleges, and Universities
• The End of Need-Based Financial Aid in Canada? (2007), Canadian Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators (CASFAA)
• A Clear and Present Danger to Institutional and Student Success: A training model for embedding student loan default aversion within strategic enrollment management (2008), TG and Council for the Management of Educational Finance

Related Publications:

• Financial Aid is Not Enough (1998)
• The California Dream and Its Future: Indicators of Educational and Economic Opportunity in the Golden State (2001)
• Student Assistance the American Way (2003, February)
• Trends in Student Aid and College Pricing FLORIDA, 1997-98 to 2001-02 (2003, September)
• The More Things Change: Undergraduate Student Living Standards After 40 Years of the Canada Student Loan Program (2004, March)
• Are the Poor Needy? Are the Needy Poor? The Distribution of Loans and Grants by Family Income Quartile in Canada (2004, May)
• Who Gets What? The Distribution of Government Subsidies for Post-Secondary Education in Canada (2004, May)
• Changes in Tuition Policy: Natural Policy Experiments in Five Countries (2004, August)
• Meeting the Need: A new Architecture for Canada's Student Financial Aid System (2004, August)
• The Affordability of University Education (2004, December)
• No Merit in these Scholarships (2005, June)
• Much Ado About a Very Small Idea (2005, January)
• Reframing the Student Loan Costing Debate (2005, July)
• GLOBAL DEBT PATTERNS: An International Comparison of Student Loan Burdens and Repayment Condition (2005, September)
• Student Support in Australia: When Will the Government Improve It? (2005, December)
• Beyond the 49th Parallel: The Affordability of Public University Education (2006, March)
• California Trends in Student Aid: 1994-95 to 2003-04 (2006, March)
• Student Aid Time-Bomb (2006, July)
• Beyond the Sticker Price - A Closer Look at Canadian Tuition Fees (2006, August)
• Grants for Students: What They Are, How They Work (2006, August)
• The End of Need-Based Student Financial Aid in Canada? (2007, August)
• A Clear and Present Danger to Institutional and Student Success: A training model for embedding student loan default aversion within strategic enrollment management. (2008, January)