Judith Scott-Clayton is a senior research scholar with the Community College Research Center, a professor of economics and education at Teachers College, and a research associate with the National Bureau of Economic Research.
This essay is adapted from CCRC Senior Research Scholar Judith Scott-Clayton's testimony before the Senate HELP Committee on the need to simplify the FAFSA form as a matter of equity and college access.
The gaps in debt levels and default rates between White and Black college students have swelled to an alarming extent, and some U.S. senators have taken notice. Judith Scott-Clayton outlines several policy recommendations for shrinking the disparities.
