New data show that changes to the federal student aid eligibility calculation increased the number of students receiving Pell grants and the size of the average award while relatively fewer undergraduates took on student loans.
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Spotlight On Financial Well-being and the black community
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For decades, research and policy has overlooked the Black middle class, instead conflating race with income and allowing racial wealth gaps to remain.
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A research partnership in Detroit shows the difference understanding local context makes to inform investments that can increase Black homeownership.
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With reparations policies gathering momentum and drawing interest across the country, these efforts must go beyond single policy areas and cash transfers to include transformative policies including psychological, social, and emotional supports.
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To improve Black women’s economic well-being, policymakers will need to address systemic racial and gender disparities in education, employment, housing, and health care.
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A new analysis shows that Black and Hispanic homeowners are less likely than white homeowners to have wills and estate plans. Why is this, and how can policymakers help?