Report: Tuition Assistance Program Not Keeping up with Inflation, Tuition Costs

Report: Tuition Assistance Program not keeping up with inflation, tuition costs

The state comptroller also said that undergraduate TAP recipients dropped by 21%, or 77,000 students.

Report: Inflation and rising tuition costs outpacing aid for New York college students

A new report from State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli finds NYs Tuition Assistance Program (TAP) has not kept pace with rising college costs or inflation.

DiNapoli: State tuition assistance program not keeping up with inflation, tuition costs

77,000 Fewer Undergrad Students Receiving Help Compared to 2008 A new report from State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli finds that New York’s Tuition Assistance Program (TAP), the state’s primary need-based grant program for college students, has not kept pace with inflation or rising tuition costs since the 2008-09 academic year (AY) and that undergraduate TAP