Financial Health

California governor Gavin Newsom vetoed a bill to extend access to the state’s financial aid program to about 160,000 more college students. The governor cited the high costs of the measure, which was widely supported by state lawmakers.

Most of the reforms are temporary, but they’ll still help hundreds of thousands of borrowers chart a renewed path toward loan forgiveness.

Do they result in colleges filling their classes but not giving enough aid for a student to succeed?

Report describes how the average law school debt of $108,000 affects recent graduates, showing impacts that vary between racial and ethnic groups.

Higher ed institutions are increasingly launching courses and programs to train students for the cannabis industry and to demystify the science around the drug as more states legalize marijuana.

In a settlement with Brown, the Justice Department affirms that students with mental health disabilities must be given equal access to higher education.

Legal analyses of the same provision in the Higher Education Act come to different conclusions as to whether the administration has the authority to unilaterally cancel student loan debt.

Colleges and universities are paying off millions in unpaid balances owed to them by students. But advocates for reducing student loan debt say clearing these arrears puts only a small dent in students' overall debt loads