The latest in a series of papers on redesigning the federal financial aid system calls for doubling the Pell Grant, reconfiguring how the government accounts for student loan default risks and requiring risk-sharing at colleges that receive the majority of revenue from federal funds.
Libby A. Nelson
Libby A. Nelson has covered federal policy, Congress and religious colleges for Inside Higher Ed since April 2011. She previously worked as a reporter for The Times-Tribune in Scranton, Pa., and as an intern at the Chronicle of Higher Education, where she reported on the federal government in 2009 and 2010. While studying at Northwestern University, she worked as a reporting intern for the New York Times, the (Minneapolis) Star Tribune and the St. Petersburg Times. She graduated from Northwestern in 2009 with a degree in journalism. She is fluent in French.
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February 12, 2013
House Majority Leader Eric Cantor gave his stamp of approval to states' collecting and disseminating information on graduates' salaries, alarming some college leaders.
February 11, 2013
As lay presidents have multiplied at Roman Catholic colleges, their spouses have found themselves defining a role without precedent on campus.
February 7, 2013
Newly released estimates from the Congressional Budget Office say the Pell Grant is on better fiscal footing than expected, postponing the funding crisis.
February 7, 2013
Catholics for Choice offers critique of the group that regularly charges colleges with not being Catholic enough.
February 6, 2013
Cantor supports Rubio-Wyden salary disclosure act, criticizes funding for political science research
House majority leader calls for more disclosure on college graduates' salaries, and for less federal funding for political science research.
February 6, 2013
Mandatory cuts to domestic and defense spending are scheduled to take place March 1, but President Obama called on Congress to postpone the cuts Tuesday with a "smaller package of tax cuts and spending changes." The large-scale mandatory cuts, known as sequestration, were originally scheduled to take effect at the beginning of this year, but were postponed as part of the year-end tax deal.
February 6, 2013
Representative Virginia Foxx uses allusion to the Holocaust to criticize private college presidents for not defending for-profit institutions against regulations.
February 5, 2013
At the annual conference of private college group, presidents accuse Congress and the administration of imposing too few regulations on for-profit colleges and too many on everyone else.
February 1, 2013
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau opens an inquiry into colleges' agreements with banks and providers of preloaded debit cards.
