Financial Health

A growing number of Democratic candidates at the state and federal level are running on free college. But there's a sharp divide within the party and liberal policy circles over the concept.

Proposals for tuition-free college programs shift to meet the needs of the state while also exhibiting qualities of more successful existing initiatives.

Update: State agency reverses decision to suspend out-of-state colleges’ ability to award education aid to veterans.

Two nonpartisan research groups are urging policy makers to examine the details of tuition-free programs and make them more financially helpful for low-income students.

Court temporarily blocks state agency's action denying Missouri colleges' ability to offer aid to veterans. Colleges elsewhere also affected by agency's rulings.

Mobile trivia app promises borrowers a chance to have debt paid. But game, which lets users pay for more chances at points and steers them to corporate partners, alarms some experts. Most users spend $4 a month, but company has imposed a limit of $2,500 a week.

Oglethorpe aims to win academically strong students by aligning tuition with their states' flagships.

A study finds that most borrowers exit loan default within a few years. But many still fail to make serious progress paying down their balances, and the options facing them are inconsistent and confusing.