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WashU Goes Need Blind in Admissions

Institution, which has been criticized for not recruiting enough low-income students, commits $1 billion.

Recap: First Week of Negotiated Rule Making

The meeting between negotiators to discuss regulatory changes to student aid programs differed from past negotiated rule-making sessions.

Change Comes to Public Service Loan Forgiveness

Most of the reforms are temporary, but they’ll still help hundreds of thousands of borrowers chart a renewed path toward loan forgiveness.

A Natural Experiment

Both the use of COVID-19 stimulus funding to pay back outstanding student debt balances and federal relief proposals have the same major flaw: they are one-time options, writes Catharine B. Hill.

Low Cost, High Impact for Pell Grant Recipients

Congress has the opportunity to end the taxability of Pell Grants for lower-income students. But the provision -- like most other parts of the Build Back Better Act -- is in jeopardy.

Congress Weighs In on College Athletes Leveraging Their Brand

Lawmakers hear testimony from players, coaches and administrators as they consider establishing federal rules to govern college athletics.

Improving Closed-College Discharges

While Democrats agreed with the Biden administration’s proposed approach to closed-college loan discharge reform during a hearing, Republicans were interested in pursuing other solutions.

‘In New Territory’

John Eastman, legal architect of “Stop the Steal,” and Claremont Institute pull out of political science meeting after their panels were moved online. The group threatens legal action, but many political scientists say Eastman has no place among them.