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Questioning Loans
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is launching an investigation into Bridgepoint Education and Ashford University's student lending practices.
Ending the FAFSA List
Education Department will stop giving colleges information from federal form about students' college preferences, which critics said disadvantaged some students during the admissions and financial aid process.
Does Online Ed Lack 'Integrity'?
A last-minute wording change in Hillary Clinton's higher education plan about online programs draws criticism from distance learning experts.
The Non-Ratings Future
The fight over college ratings is over -- but what do institutions and others want to see in the consumer tool the Obama administration is developing in their place?
A Bigger Federal Role
Hillary Clinton's college affordability plan is the latest by Democrats to call for a large infusion of federal dollars to prod states to reduce or lower tuition. Will that reshape federal influence in funding higher education?
Clinton's Big Plan for Higher Ed
Democratic front-runner seeks $350 billion over 10 years to encourage public 4-year colleges to be debt-free for tuition, and to make community colleges tuition-free. Plan also proposes cuts in interest rates and tougher regulation of for-profits.
Does Compliance Cost $11K per Student?
While discussing the Higher Education Act, Vanderbilt's chancellor equated cost of compliance to $11,000 per student -- and the message snowballed.
New Way to Hinder Social Science Grants
Researchers object to powerful lawmaker's bill that would require NSF to stipulate how each award relates to "national interest."