Student Aid Policy

As the coronavirus pandemic and economic recession hammer food-insecure students, lawmakers in several states renew efforts to pass hunger-free campus legislation.

Lawrence University announced that if it raised $85 million, it would meet full need. It raised more than that but won't be a full-need institution -- at least not yet.

Proposed changes to the state aid program would make older students eligible for awards and loosen high school grade requirements.

Many people view canceling student debt as a racial justice issue that would help many Black people struggling to repay their loans -- but most of the people who'd be helped are white and those with high incomes.

No individual institution can do what we know has to be done, so we need a new federal regulation, Teege Mettille argues.

Even though fewer children will be born in the coming years, a greater number of them will be able to pay more to attend college, writes Phillip B. Levine.

According to a new national survey, the public demands big change when it comes to how to settle this massive IOU, writes Will Johnson.

It empties the bucket without repairing the hole in the roof, argues Mitchell D. Weiss, who offers recommendations for what he thinks should be done instead.