MeritPlaybook research desk
Research Reports
Original, source-backed research from the MeritPlaybook desk: what colleges publish about merit aid, what they leave out, and what it means for the final family bill.
- Published July 21, 2026The Scholarship Displacement Census, 2026We checked 750 colleges' financial aid pages for a published outside-scholarship policy and classified every one we found. Original research: who lets it fully stack, who stays silent, and what six state laws did about it.
- Published June 10, 2026The State of Merit-Aid Transparency, 2026We read the published outside-scholarship policies of 588 colleges and classified every one. Original research on what schools tell families about merit aid, and what they leave out.