A new white paper from Excelencia in Education asks how financial aid could be reimagined based on the Latino college experience.
The report, "Using a Latino Lens to Reimagine Aid Design and Delivery," identifies three current challenges facing federal financial aid: the inability of federal aid to keep pace with increasing college costs; the growing representation of "non-traditional" college students; and the broad recognition that federal aid policy must be redesigned to meet the national needs of a more educated citizenry and competitive workforce.
Reports NBC Latino:
Perhaps one of the most important – yet cost-effective – changes the federal government could make right now, says [Deborah] Santiago [Vice President of Policy and co-founder of Excelencia in Education], is to improve access to information for families.
"Better access on the college financial process would not cost us money, but it does requires intentionality; it has to be targeted at Latino families," says Santiago. The federal government can do a better job partnering with networks of college counselors and community organizations, or using Facebook and social media.
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