Student Aid Policy

Advocates praise new federal rules as a milestone.

Education Department also releases new accountability measures for when colleges and universities change ownership, along with regulations for prison education programs.

More than $14 billion in federal student loans have been forgiven under the program in the last year since the administration streamlined the process. The changes will now become permanent.

Nearly 22 million borrowers applied for loan forgiveness in the week since the application opened.

A new report from the College Board finds tuition holding steady, with minimal increases. But given rampant inflation, experts wonder how long institutions can keep prices down.

The student debt and tuition crises won’t be solved unless we start treating higher education as a public good, Nicole Barbaro writes.

Yes, many Americans question higher ed’s value, but college presidents are answering their questions in innovative and important ways, Eileen L. Strempel and Stephen J. Handel write.

Governments lean heavily on postcollege earnings to assess program quality. Should they broaden the measures they use and apply scrutiny to all institutions?