Session on "New Approaches to College Affordability"

This session was highlighted by a presentation from Kathie Little of the College Board (the folks who brought you the SAT test back in high school). The College Board recently released a report titled "Fulfilling the Commitment: Recommendations for Reforming Federal Student Aid." It's an interesting piece of policy advocacy, which could help universal child savings accounts gain more traction. I won't go into much detail because there's a good analysis available on the blog of the Oklahoma Policy Institute.

It was also good to learn more about the College Success Foundation, which seems to be at least partly responsible for some impressive policy victories in Washington state around college access and affordability.