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HOPE for Whom?
New analysis of Georgia's aid program for top students -- a model for those of many other states -- finds that it is missing many low-income and minority students.
Smarter State Spending
State dollars for public higher education would go farther, prominent researchers argue, if more of it went to open-access colleges and need-based aid.
Lawmakers Eye Endowment Tax Status
A House Ways and Means subcommittee examines endowments, but lawmakers focus on college affordability.
Clinton's College Cost Calculator
Hillary Clinton's campaign promotes her debt-free college plan with a tool showing future students and current borrowers how much they would save under her proposals.
Clinton 'Free' Plan Would Swell College Enrollments
Analysis estimates public colleges would enroll up to 22 percent more students, mostly at open-enrollment institutions. A quarter of the gain would come at the expense of private colleges, particularly less selective ones.
U.S. Cuts Off ITT Tech
Education Department's new sanctions against the for-profit college include a ban on enrolling new students who receive federal aid and tougher financial oversight.
Bard's Big Cash Crunch
Bard College takes (another) ratings downgrade on liquidity concerns. Can leaders keep defying the conventional financial wisdom?
Quality and Noncollege Learning
Education Department announces eight winning partnerships in experiment to open federal aid to alternative providers, with a possibly influential new way of assuring academic quality.