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Student Aid Remains a State Priority
Annual survey shows that even as state economies tanked in 2008-9, spending on financial aid grew (a little).
Net Price vs. Net Worth
In questioning the merit of the Net-Price Calculator, Kent Barnds considers how it could influence values associated with enrollment and financial aid decisions.
Wall Street Reform and Student Loans
WASHINGTON -- Like many pieces of major legislation, the financial reform measure on which Congressional negotiators reached final agreement late...
Opinion
A Better Way to Borrow
Australia shows how the U.S. could reform its student loan system to be based on income, without burdens or uncertainty placed on colleges or borrowers, write Bruce Chapman and Yael Shavit.
Mission Accomplished
WASHINGTON -- If politics were as data-driven as baseball, and scorekeepers kept a statistic to measure how much impact a...
Slashing Prices
Tuition discounting reached record high levels at private colleges and universities in 2008, and the largest share of that aid...
Student Loan Bill Scorecard
Apologies, in advance, to those who think the news media have a tendency to report on complex situations as if...
Student Loan Overhaul Advances
Overshadowed by health care, legislation to end lender-based federal loans and use savings to shore up grants for needy students nears final approval.