Student Aid Policy

New president promises "significant steps" to balance budget but is short on details. Many praise college's nontraditional model, but it struggles to attract students.

Study finds four-year colleges fail to meet federal standards for disclosing costs on their websites.

Scandal and data are fueling a growing belief that higher education is rigged for the wealthy, and are motivating Democratic allies to consider a harsher stance with the industry.

President delivers on promise to punish colleges that don't show they guarantee free speech on campus, and includes language on outcomes data and risk sharing. But it's unclear what force it will carry.

Certain ways of framing and covering the scandal are misleading and only reinforce exaggerated or inaccurate views of higher education, argues Margaret Dunning.

As talks on new higher ed legislation heat up on Capitol Hill, the Trump administration weighs in with its priorities.

Congressional appropriators have rejected previous White House calls to cut student aid. New budget plan also backs congressional deal on "risk sharing" for colleges.

States are embracing undocumented immigrant students as colleges expand tuition-free programs.