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4.5% of borrowers in 2003 failed to repay their student loans, down from 5.2% in 2002.

Higher education groups pan Senate proposal to use savings from Higher Ed Act to pay for Katrina recovery.

Women are less likely to receive research support from the largest source of federal dollars, report says.

Colleges send assistance -- in the form of boats, trucks, and people -- to New Orleans and other areas devastated by Katrina.

The U.S. lead in higher education is declining, and indicators about the future are not promising, an international report says.

At long-planned conference, a new issue emerges, informally, on the agenda.