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Southern New Hampshire University and several donors want to guarantee an education for 1,000 DACA students.

Advocates for free college worry that residency, course-load and drug-testing requirements will keep the neediest students out of state programs.

Education Department signals interest in revisiting rules making student loans eligible for bankruptcy -- a priority for some Democrats and consumer groups.

Donation from NRA president helped prompt college to change gift policy, raising questions: If you take someone's money, are you endorsing them? What if he boasts of getting professors "giddy" about shooting guns?

In a fast-changing world, nearly everything is unsettled in higher education.

House GOP proposal would end formula that favored private colleges in Northeast. But it would also mean cuts in funds to some public institutions with strong records educating low-income students and send more money to for-profit colleges.

Their poorly defined roles have often contributed to academic and financial problems at major universities, argues Michael Bugeja.