Research Notes Section

Categories

Research Notes

Short observations.

• What Is an Eligibility System?
• Why Financial Aid Feels Opaque
• Eligibility as User Experience
• Understanding Need Analysis

Working Papers

Longer pieces.

• Educational Financial Aid as an Eligibility Problem
• Identity, Documentation, and Access
• Human-Centered Eligibility Design

Field Notes

Reflections from conversations, readings, and observations.

• Many Minds, One Machine: Reflections on AI, Language, and Human Frameworks
• Questions Raised by FAFSA Simplification
• What Families Actually Ask About Financial Aid