Katherine Knott

A potential government shutdown could complicate the restart of student loan payments, efforts to issue final rules and the FAFSA update.

Nearly a year after the Government Accountability Office said that colleges are failing to tell students how much their education will actually cost, a new initiative aims to provide students with more clarity. But skeptics say Congress still needs to act.

The secretaries of agriculture and education have issued letters to 16 governors, urging them to rectify the inequities in funding.

The Postsecondary Student Success Program, which Congress created in March 2022, is just getting underway. Advocates say more federal investment is needed.