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In response to an essay last week, four financial aid directors explain their reasons for supporting President Obama's student loan proposal.

President Obama’s proposal to end the Federal Family Education Loan Program and make all federal student loans through the Direct...

The "no loans" policies adopted by wealthy colleges may have fostered the dangerous belief that borrowing for college is somehow wrong, writes Brian Rosenberg.

President Obama's student loan plan will drastically increase financial support for students. Congress must not put the interests of lenders ahead of that goal, Pedro de la Torre III and Carmen Berkley write.

Congress needs to create a program that rewards colleges and universities that educate disadvantaged students, write Charles B. Reed and F. King Alexander.

After already announcing plans to deal with the economic crisis, three of the nation's wealthiest universities are employing new strategies.

The 2010 budget blueprint released by the Obama administration Thursday was decidedly bare bones, lacking detailed numbers for most federal...

Just as public colleges were starting to recover from 2001 recession, the current economic crisis threatens to reverse gains, a new report finds.