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Tackling Poverty to Increase Graduations
A growing number of colleges are trying to help poor students meet their basic needs and remove barriers that keep them from graduating.
New Tool for FAFSA Completion
Advocates hope new myStudentAid mobile app will mean more applicants finish the FAFSA.
Capital Campaign Watch: Fairfield, Florida State, Harvard, Otterbein, U of Oregon, U of Utah
Starting Out: University of Utah has started a campaign to raise $2 billion by 2022. To date the campaign has...
New Life for ACICS
Trump administration recommends restoring the controversial accreditor of many for-profits, citing a federal court ruling. Meanwhile, ACICS faces questions about its approval of a Danish business school's degree programs.
Navient's Role in Loan Servicing Overhaul
Trump administration's list of primary finalists to operate an overhauled student loan servicing system excludes Navient, a large and controversial servicer, which instead is participating in the program as a subcontractor in a team.
The FAFSA Challenge
Even as policy experts work to make it easier to apply for federal aid, they need to avoid rhetoric that may scare students off, writes Justin Draeger.
Barriers to Loan Forgiveness
While just a handful of borrowers have received Public Service Loan Forgiveness so far, the real payouts -- and renewed debates about the program's cost -- still loom.
Free-College Realities
Proposals for tuition-free college programs shift to meet the needs of the state while also exhibiting qualities of more successful existing initiatives.