Student Aid Policy

Bills were introduced in Congress last week that are intended to make it easier for students to understand the cost of college and how they can pay for it.

Rather than expanding opportunities, opening up Pell Grants to short-term job training could put workers at greater risk, argue Daniel Bustillo and Amy Laitinen.

Allowing learners to use the Pell Grant for short-term programs could build a different kind of bridge -- one that links training, education and employment, argue Jamie Merisotis and Julie Peller.

Low-income and first-generation students find it difficult to fill it out, and they fill it out themselves, EAB survey finds.

Start-up uses an algorithm developed by Sara Goldrick-Rab to approve student emergency aid applications quickly. Experts say the outsourcing can work, if known pitfalls can be avoided.

A better set of outcomes-based state funding metrics can encourage institutions to focus on low-income and minority students' success, a new report argues.

The hearing on what could be a landmark case on college athlete compensation was focused on athlete exploitation and the potential destruction of the college sports model.

People who have defaulted on privately held education loans are now in for the same COVID-19 flexibilities as other borrowers.