Business

Unprecedented increases in tuition discounting during the recession led to financial constraints for many private colleges, study finds.

After disappointing enrollments in last year's freshman class, Wentworth dramatically expands need-based aid.

As deficit crunch threatens to squeeze bedrock student aid program, even some supporters say time has come to examine its efficiency.

Yale and Stanford both move to ask more of families at the upper income levels of aid eligibility.

At meeting of small-college leaders, advocates for need-based assistance envision agreement among peers to limit aid awarded for academic merit.

Final rules published by Education Department toughen requirements for foreign colleges and med schools whose students get U.S. financial assistance.

As economic woes continue, and state budgets remain tight, public institutions are increasing rates by larger percentages than are privates.

Predictions of calamity in transition to government-based student lending have not come to pass. But U.S. faces another daunting task: helping colleges help borrowers avoid default.