Student Aid Policy

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.

When it comes to providing financial aid, such judgment can help students but often fail to aid those who need help the most, argue Jaime Ramirez-Mendoza and Tiffany Jones.

Total state grant aid increased by more than 3 percent during the 2018-19 academic year -- a smaller increase than the year prior, but an increase nonetheless.