Our research

We read the rules so families do not have to.

Our reports show what colleges say, what they leave unclear, and what families should check before choosing a school.

• Merit Scholarship Renewal Rules by the Numbers, 2026Published August 14, 2026We analyzed 2,499 source-linked renewal-note records from 594 verified colleges: GPA, credit, full-time, academic-standing, and unknown-rule signals.→
• Automatic Merit Scholarships by the Numbers, 2026Published August 14, 2026A national source-linked inventory of 388 verified colleges and 1,311 distinct automatic merit tiers.→
• The Scholarship Displacement Census, 2026Published July 21, 2026We checked 749 colleges' financial aid pages for a published outside-scholarship policy and classified every one we found.→
• The State of Merit-Aid Transparency, 2026Published June 10, 2026We read the published outside-scholarship policies of 578 colleges and classified every one. Original research on what schools tell families about merit aid, and what they leave out.→