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Equity Funding
In July 2025, SSTAR Lab released a report titled A Framework for Conceptualizing and Analyzing Equity and Adequacy in Postsecondary Funding Models. This framework provides a structure to guide state policymakers and administrators through the …
Seeking Indigenous Financial Aid Opportunities in the Southwest
By: Cherish Golden We are just months away from releasing our publicly-available interactive website tool that gives Native students one central place to search for funding opportunities they are eligible for. The tool will include …
Indigenous Financial Aid Opportunities in the South
By: Jessica K. Trad, University of Minnesota This month’s post continues our blog series sharing information about financial aid opportunities for Indigenous students across the United States. We discuss the 13 total funding opportunities available …
Test-Optional College Admissions
Due to COVID-19, the University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents temporarily suspended its policy of requiring applicants to submit ACT or SAT scores as part of their application. The SSTAR Lab is partnering with …
Measuring College Funding Inequality
In partnership with the Foundation for California Community Colleges and the California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office, we analyzed funding trends among California community colleges. We tested the extent to which financial resources (expenditures and revenues) …
Student Loan Repayment
The SSTAR Lab partnered with Arnold Ventures and six research universities to share data on student loan repayment in order to support ongoing efforts to monitor, assess, and improve loan outcomes of former students. The …
Teacher Pledge Program
In the fall of 2020, the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s School of Education launched the Teacher Pledge program. This program is designed to strengthen and diversify Wisconsin’s teacher workforce by providing forgivable loans and covering testing/licensing …
FAFSA Filing in Wisconsin
2023 Data Brief: FAFSA Completion Rates Among 12th Graders in Wisconsin Public High Schools This data brief examines FAFSA completion rates for 12th graders in Wisconsin’s public high schools. Its purpose is to establish baseline …
Wisconsin College-Going Rates
2022 Data Brief: College-Going Rates Among Graduates of Wisconsin Public High Schools Posted: November, 2022 This data brief documents college-going rates among Wisconsin’s public high school graduates. It focuses on overall college-going rates and disaggregates …