Since the inception of Joliet Junior College in Illinois in 1901, the first public two-year college, community colleges have served as the gateway to postsecondary education for hundreds of thousands of disadvantaged students each year. Today, community colleges educate more than half the nation's undergraduates, many of whom are the first in their family to attend college. These students are highly dependent on financial aid to participate in postsecondary education.

TG has established the Center to raise awareness among state and national policymakers about effective financial aid policies and practices for community colleges and their students.

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2008 Annual Community College Forum

Policy Recommendations Presented to the 80th Texas Legislature

2006 Community College Financial Aid Policy Summit

Want to know more about the Center for Financial Aid Policy in Community Colleges? Contact Kim Alexander at (800) 252-9743, ext. 4945, or send an e-mail at kim.alexander@tgslc.org.