Financial Health

Many experts on the program agree it needs changing with a greater emphasis on low-income students. But few agree that the large cut being sought by the Trump administration will help.

A new study points to food and housing issues that prevent many community college students from progressing.

Student aid advocates and financial aid administrators say shutdown of IRS data retrieval tool has consequences beyond the FAFSA process.

College access advocates scramble as Trump administration says IRS tool designed to simplify student aid process could be unavailable for several weeks.

The Education Department needs to better monitor colleges' finances to prevent another costly fiasco like the 2014 collapse of Corinthian Colleges, says the agency's Office of Inspector General.

States often don't calculate revenue lost through higher education income tax benefits for students, report finds.

Right-leaning policy thinkers push agenda to simplify loan system, inject bigger role for private lenders. But proposals to eliminate PLUS loans likely to draw opposition from advocacy groups.

Some education researchers have begun downloading federal data amid questions about the new administration's commitment to continuing transparency efforts.