Katherine Knott

In a four-hour hearing, the presidents of Harvard, Penn and MIT steadily defended themselves, their institutions and free expression. Lawmakers remained skeptical.

The House education committee invited the leaders to testify about their institutions’ responses to allegations of antisemitism—and to demand that they take stronger action.

A self-taught student loan researcher argues that a series of assumptions about college are ensnaring students in a debt trap—and he offers a way out.

Negotiations next spring will address state authorization and the definition of distance education but won’t consider use of third-party servicers.

A year after the Biden administration announced a new system to provide student debt relief via bankruptcy, the process remains clunky and mired in uncertainty for borrowers—while government officials say it’s been a success.