tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31670799.post790271086917957583..comments2023-11-02T09:44:15.693-04:00Comments on The Center for College Affordability and Productivity: FAFSA ReformCenter for College Affordability and Productivityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18041956958538598371noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31670799.post-4920899564855978412009-06-24T20:21:35.447-04:002009-06-24T20:21:35.447-04:00I think it is very bold and considerate that the F...I think it is very bold and considerate that the FAFSA is free. I think it just goes to show how obsessive and agressive our government and higher ed institutions are in containing cost.RWWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16345147132602206121noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31670799.post-68812520082946198662009-06-24T17:22:21.215-04:002009-06-24T17:22:21.215-04:00Before there is too much celebration over simplify...Before there is too much celebration over simplifying the FAFSA, even significantly, let's remember Dynarski's and Scott-Clayton's research showing that fully ninety percent of the FAFSA questions could be thrown out with "virtually no change in the distribution of the Pell." And that's before the FAO starts to fill in enrollment management yield cells in the aid packaging process, which can (often intentionally) undo the other ten percent.<br /><br />Complicated or simplified, the FAFSA has become, throughout much of 4-year postsecondary education, meaningless compliance paperwork to support a federal fiction that it is linked to increasing access. All discussions of FAFSA reform need to keep that in mind.Jon H. Oberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16455472699255755735noreply@blogger.com