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Education Department Faces Potentially ‘Disruptive’ Shutdown
A potential government shutdown could complicate the restart of student loan payments, efforts to issue final rules and the FAFSA update.
End the Student Loan Interest Racket
It’s time to stop charging interest on federal student loans, U.S. Representative Joe Courtney writes.
Higher Ed Groups Have a Plan to Improve Financial Aid Offers
Nearly a year after the Government Accountability Office said that colleges are failing to tell students how much their education will actually cost, a new initiative aims to provide students with more clarity. But skeptics say Congress still needs to act.
U.S. Discharges $37M in Loans for 1,200 University of Phoenix Students
U.S. Won’t Ask Transgender Question on New FAFSA
A Change of Control
New regulations take aim at self-dealing and other abuses in for-profit–to–not-for-profit conversions, Kyle Southern and Carolyn Fast write.
Congressional Republicans Seek to Block Income-Based Repayment Plan
U.S. Discharges $72 Million in Loans for Ashford Students
The University of Arizona Global Campus, which acquired Ashford in 2020, might be on the hook for the discharged student loans.