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Lawmakers Eye Endowment Tax Status
A House Ways and Means subcommittee examines endowments, but lawmakers focus on college affordability.
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.
No Dice for Nonprofit Conversion
U.S. Education Department denies a Utah-based for-profit college's application to change its tax status.
Earlier FAFSA Popular, but Problematic, Too
The federal financial aid application now allows students to use existing federal tax data, designed to inform families earlier about their available aid. But student advocates say colleges may undercut progress by moving up their own deadlines for students.
Opinion
What's Missing in the Student Debt Debate
Unfortunately, the news media and other observers often overlook the fact that student debt is a problem with a color and class element, writes Mark Huelsman.
Risks of Risk Sharing
As bipartisan consensus emerges in Congress that colleges should share the burden of students who can't repay loans or find jobs, higher ed leaders consider how such a plan would work and whether it would discourage them from educating the disadvantaged.
Pressure to Spend More on Poor Students
A new report suggests wealthy institutions should spend more from their endowments to help low-income students, but many campus critics say it's not so simple.
Student Debt Correlates With 'Negative Wealth'
New York Federal Reserve analysis finds that student loan debt contributes both to high levels of negative wealth and to income inequality. But financial aid experts say analysis misses some shadings.