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Fitch Says FAFSA Delays Put Private Colleges at Risk

Delays in processing financial aid applications could threaten the credit or viability of small private colleges that serve students who...

Improving Credit Mobility Through Transparency

A nonprofit solution is launching in three states.

Brown Reinstates Standardized Testing Requirement

Brown University will reinstate standardized testing requirements for first-year applicants, beginning with the next admission cycle to admit the Class...
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The SAT Enters the 21st Century

The College Board’s ubiquitous standardized test is now exclusively digital and significantly shorter. It’s a big change at a decisive moment for the testing industry.

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California Offers Stipends to Financially Vulnerable Community College Students

A new pilot program gives students who were formerly incarcerated or in the foster care system, and some low-income parents, money to help pay their living costs.

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Opinion

Following in California’s Footsteps

California has much to teach the rest of the country about attaining a diverse student body in absence of race-conscious admissions, Michael Blacher and Gabriella Kamran write.

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Untangling the Bungled FAFSA Launch

Politics, priorities and a set of unforced errors unraveled the Education Department’s best-laid plans for a federal aid overhaul. Critics say they should have seen it coming.

Congress Passes FAFSA Formula Fix

Congress moved Thursday to fix an error in the legislation overhauling the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, days after...