By Kelly Field, Paul Basken, and Brock Read. The budget — for the 2017 fiscal year, which begins on October 1 — reiterates the president’s plan to make community college free while adding a new wrinkle: tax credits for companies that invest in community colleges and hire their graduates. More...

By Kelly Field. Student-loan borrowers who were defrauded by their colleges would have clearer paths to loan forgiveness — and the federal government would be more likely to recover its losses on the debt — under changes being proposed by the Education Department. More...

By Kelly Field. The U.S. Education Department, which has been sharply criticized for its slow response to problems at the now-defunct Corinthian Colleges, is pledging to react "more quickly and efficiently" to allegations of wrongdoing by colleges. More...

By Rio Fernandes. Several states have passed, or considered passing, "campus carry" legislation, which allows people with concealed-carry permits to have their firearms on public-college campuses. More...

By Kelly Field. Has the Education Department deliberately deceived the public and policy makers about student-loan default rates in the for-profit sector and its own student-lending program. More...

By Kelly Field. Angry lawmakers hammered the Education Department’s chief information officer, Danny A. Harris, at a hearing on Tuesday, accusing him of ethical lapses and failing to secure the agency’s "vulnerable" information systems. More...

By Kelly Field. On Wednesday the administration will release an updated GI Bill Comparison Tool that will allow veterans to compare colleges based on veteran-specific graduation and retention rates. More...

By Kelly Field. Tens of thousands of students who attended Corinthian College programs in California and online will be able to obtain debt relief, following a finding that the programs lied about their job-placement rates. More...

By Kelly Field. The Education Department got hit from all sides at a congressional hearing on Wednesday, with lawmakers, advocates, and investigators alike accusing the agency of everything from lax oversight to poor customer service. More...

By Kelly Field. The Federal Perkins Loan Program, which died nearly three months ago, may be brought back to life — in altered form. More...