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What’s Driving Debt
New paper finds that admissions and financial aid policies play a larger role than tuition prices do in driving student debt.
Cracking Down on PLUS Loans
Over the past year, the Education Department has made it harder for parents to borrow on behalf of their children in college. Historically black colleges say they are disproportionately affected.
A Net Disappointment
Review of net price calculators finds that many are hard to find, confusing to use or inconsistent.
Mr. MOOC Comes to Washington
Education Department leaders huddle with hotshots of higher education "disruption" and college leaders to talk about encouraging innovation.
Too High a Price?
Grinnell College, one of the wealthiest liberal arts colleges, says its current financial aid policy is unsustainable, raising questions for other need-blind institutions.
A Disruption Grows Up?
Competency-based education is poised to spread, with expected backing from the Education Department and new ground charted by Southern New Hampshire University.
Default Rates Continue Climb, Mostly
The two-year default rate for federal student loans increased again this year, but defaults at for-profit colleges fell.
Rifts Over Global Test of Learning
U.S., Canada and European higher ed groups object to prospect that OECD's worldwide measure will be used to rank countries.