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Obama's Budget Blockbuster
The 2010 budget blueprint released by the Obama administration Thursday was decidedly bare bones, lacking detailed numbers for most federal...
One Step Forward, Two Steps Back
Just as public colleges were starting to recover from 2001 recession, the current economic crisis threatens to reverse gains, a new report finds.
A Shift Back on Aid
Many colleges hurt by endowment losses have made it a point to say that revised budget plans won't change student financial assistance. Middlebury went another route -- and others may follow.
Opinion
College vs. Employment
Memo to President-elect Obama: History shows that expanding access to higher education is a smart investment during economic downturns, writes John Aubrey Douglass.
Merit Aid Still King
Despite increased pressure to move more money away from merit-based aid programs and into need-based grants, there is little sign...
Could Collaboration Shift Colleges' Aid Policies?
Talk to private college leaders in confidence these days, and many (at least outside the most competitive and wealthy institutions)...
Will a Trickle Become a Flood?
A handful of colleges have left the guaranteed student loan program for direct lending. Whether many others follow may largely depend on how many more lenders bolt the market.
Shifting Gold Standard for Aid Policy
Has "no loans" replaced "need blind"? When institutions adopt the former without the latter, is equity served? Have colleges been too quick to define all loans as bad?