By Andrew Kreighbaum. A majority of Democratic primary voters say they favor some form of student loan forgiveness in a Newsy/Ipsos poll released Thursday. More...
Trump Official Says No Timeline for Review of Borrower-Defense Claims
By Andrew Kreighbaum. A top Education Department official said Wednesday that she could offer no timeline for the review of more than 158,000 outstanding borrower-defense claims. More...
Beefing Up the College Scorecard
By Andrew Kreighbaum. Trump administration releases new program-level data on student loans in update to College Scorecard, a first step toward producing outcomes for all college programs. More...
Connecting Federal Work-Study to Careers
By Andrew Kreighbaum. DeVos plans a pilot program that will allow colleges to use Federal Work-Study funds for private-sector employment. Department also seeks to expand experiment providing Pell Grants to incarcerated students. More...
Unintended Consequences of GOP Tax Law
By Andrew Kreighbaum. Tax-cut law rushed to passage in 2017 included increase in taxes on students with college scholarships. Lawmakers say they plan to introduce fix this week. More...
Boosting Aid With a Tax on Business
By Ashley A. Smith. Washington State's new scholarship program, which will help make college free for thousands of students, will be funded by a tax on businesses that need highly skilled and educated employees. More...
Report: Free College Programs Have Grown Rapidly
By Ashley A. Smith. A report released Tuesday by the Century Foundation found that since the introduction of Tennessee's tuition-free scholarship program five years ago, 15 new free college programs have been created across the country. More...
Finalists Named for Best Hispanic-Serving Colleges
By Ashley A. Smith. Excelencia in Education, a nonprofit organization that seeks to improve education outcomes for Latinx college students, on Thursday announced 20 finalists that will receive the group's first annual Seal of Excelencia certification. More...
Study Finds More Low-Income Students Attending College
By Ashley A. Smith. A new report claims more poor students than ever are enrolling in the nation's colleges and universities, but a disproportionate number are attending less selective or open-access institutions, which may hinder their chances for success. More...
Minnesota Community College Faculty Will See Nearly $2M in Back Pay
By Ashley A. Smith. Faculty members at Minnesota's 30 community colleges will see nearly $2 million in back pay after their union settled a dispute with the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system on Wednesday. More...