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A $150M Gift Allows Dartmouth to Expand Financial Aid
Dartmouth College is boosting financial aid significantly for middle-income students, thanks to a $150 million donation—the largest scholarship gift in...
This Year Isn’t Lost for FAFSA
FAFSA submissions are down significantly, but there’s time to close the gap, Bill DeBaun writes.
All Hands on the FAFSA Deck
Colleges, government, high schools and community groups can find common purpose in encouraging FAFSA completion, Marvin Krislov writes.
Legacy’s ‘Last Stand’ in Connecticut
State lawmakers are considering a groundbreaking bill to ban legacy preferences at public and private colleges. Powerful institutions like Yale are fighting to stop it.
‘Another Unforced Error’ in the FAFSA Fiasco
The education department said calculation errors rendered hundreds of thousands of student aid forms unusable, setting time-strapped colleges back further.
High Schools Say They’re Falling Short on College Prep
Only 47 percent of public high schools say they’re doing a “very good” or “excellent” job preparing students for college...
How Perceptions of College Value Play Out on Social Media
A scan of 13,000 social media comments discussing the value of going to college shows that 93 percent of them...