Student Aid Policy

Competency-based education is poised to spread, with expected backing from the Education Department and new ground charted by Southern New Hampshire University.

The two-year default rate for federal student loans increased again this year, but defaults at for-profit colleges fell.

A large university system begins statewide effort to help students manage debt and avoid defaults.

If mandatory spending cuts go into effect Jan. 1, many federal higher education programs will lose about 8 percent of their funding.

Saint Benedict decreased enrollment to shore up its finances, an unusual move at a time when many small colleges are considering growth.

A high-profile study asserting that New York program increased college enrollment of low-income black students comes under attack from a leading scholar of financial aid policy.

The Supreme Court's reasoning in its ruling on President Obama's health care law should undermine a student privacy law that colleges often abuse to hide information that should be public, writes Frank LoMonte.