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Apparent Relief for Grad Students
Reports indicate congressional negotiators have dropped repeal of tax-exempt tuition waivers for graduate students and other provisions affecting higher ed from final tax-reform bill.
How the Tax Bills Would Hit Higher Ed
On eve of vote on Senate tax reform plan, we compare it to the House version, which would hurt students and families more. Both would hit colleges and universities hard by imposing new taxes and constraining state budgets.
Tug-of-War on Loan Servicing
As states become more active in regulating the companies that collect and handle student loan payments, servicers seek answer from Secretary DeVos on whether federal policy pre-empts new rules.
Defining Colleges' Liability for Fraud Claims
Trump administration will ask negotiators of borrower-defense rule to reconsider institutions’ liability for claims of misrepresentation -- a request that has some worried DeVos plans to let bad programs off the hook.
Taking Home Value Out of the Equation
One college charts a path to recruiting students from families whose home equity makes them technically wealthy, but whose bank accounts suggest otherwise.
Tax Benefits at Risk for Colleges, Student Borrowers
Republican tax reform plan would tax large endowments and limit or kill key deductions, including one for student loan interest and another for graduate students.
U.S. Considers Partial Relief for Defrauded Student Borrowers
Education Department weighs whether -- and how -- the government should offer partial relief to some who filed borrower-defense claims.
Net Price Keeps Creeping Up
Tuition and fees increased by a few percentage points across the board, and aid failed to keep pace, annual College Board report shows.