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House Passes Student Aid Bill

Legislation to reshape loan programs and bolster Pell Grants and community colleges passes along partisan lines. Now focus shifts to the Senate.

Blow to National Merit Scholarships

U. of Texas -- one of largest participants for years -- will drop out, and shift the money to need-based aid.

Enrollments -- and Pell Costs -- Soar

Midyear review of federal budget situation shows price of Obama Pell Grant proposal rising by $27 billion, potentially putting other administration priorities at risk.

Green Ideas

Middlebury burns biomass, UNC Chapel Hill (re)claims a new water supply, and Michigan State relies on environmental stewards.

Aid Bill Moves, Amid Misgivings

House panel approves sweeping changes in college grant and loan programs, despite objections of Republicans and significant discomfort of most college groups.

State Student Aid, Before the Fall

You're familiar with the pattern by now: Groups release reports with data and analysis about various aspects of higher education...

Feeling Like a Fait Accompli

As House Democrats embrace Obama loan proposal, many at financial aid meeting (often grudgingly) see shift to government-based lending as inevitable, though lenders vow continued fight.

Lenders' Last-Ditch Gambit

For all their talk about how damaging and risky the Obama administration's student loan proposal could be for students and...