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

Report: NY’s college aid program falls behind inflation, tuition costs

New York’s primary need-based grant program for college students has not kept pace with inflation or rising 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.

Ulster college students feel the squeeze as state aid covers less

College students in Ulster County are fighting an uphill battle to finance their education. State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli recently released a report warning that New York’s Tuition Assistance Program (TAP), the state’s main need-based tuition grant, is falling behind the real cost of college and serving far fewer undergraduates compared to previous generations. Ulster County college students are especially exposed to the shift, since many be…

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