By Andrew Kreighbaum. The federal financial aid application now allows students to use existing federal tax data, designed to inform families earlier about their available aid. But student advocates say colleges may undercut progress by moving up their own deadlines for students. Read more...

By Andrew Kreighbaum. U.S. Education Department denies a Utah-based for-profit college's application to change its tax status. Read more...

By Andrew Kreighbaum. Former President Bill Clinton received $1.1 million in payments from the for-profit college operator Laureate Education in 2015, according to tax returns released by the Hillary Clinton campaign Friday. Read more...

By Andrew Kreighbaum. The Department of Education today released details of a pilot program announced last month that will allow some institutions to require loan counseling for student borrowers. Read more...

By Andrew Kreighbaum. A higher education advocacy group is looking to bring attention to student debt relief companies marketing to borrowers services they could be getting free from the federal government. Read more...

By Andrew Kreighbaum. The National Consumer Law Center sent a letter to Education Secretary John King today asking the Department of Education to track the relationship between student loan debt and racial inequality. Read more...

By Andrew Kreighbaum. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's student loan ombudsman released a report Thursday documenting consumer complaints about needless hassles borrowers face in applying for income-based repayment of student loans. The report said delays in applications can leave students with thousands in extra costs. Read more...

By Andrew Kreighbaum. As bipartisan consensus emerges in Congress that colleges should share the burden of students who can't repay loans or find jobs, higher ed leaders consider how such a plan would work and whether it would discourage them from educating the disadvantaged. Read more...