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Large number of private colleges plan tuition resets next year despite many experts’ view that the practice is a gimmick. The colleges hope to grow enrollment, contain student costs and prove critics wrong. But it won’t be easy.

They won’t get us closer to an equal, open society, argues Richard Greggory Johnson III.

By Richard Greggory Johnson III

Megan McClean Coval warns of the dangers of Congress’s proposed cuts to the Pell Grant reserve fund.

By Megan McClean Coval

For those who took out loans to attend for-profit institutions accused of fraud and abuse, delays from Education Department in reviewing loan-forgiveness claims are salt in the wounds. Inside Higher Ed spoke to several of those borrowers.

An high-profile legal case about Mexican-American studies demonstrates why academics should become publicly engaged in issues in contemporary society, argue Nolan L. Cabrera, Stephen Pitti and Angela Valenzuela.

By Angela Valenzuela et al.

Using funds from its endowment to expand financial aid, Boston University notches sizable increase in proportion of its freshmen who come from low-income backgrounds.

The agency this week quietly ended a collaboration with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to share information about student loan complaints.

Boston University and Wheelock College enter talks to combine the institutions.