What is ‘Changing Direction’? A Project Overview

When it comes to higher education, most of us still tend to think of finance and financial aid as two separate things: the first affects our colleges and universities; the second determines the fate of many of our college-going students. That view is not just a casually held one: it is so strongly entrenched in our governmental structures and institutional frameworks that in many states, there is little communication between those who determine higher education appropriations or institutional tuition levels and those who oversee student financial aid.