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Will a Trickle Become a Flood?
A handful of colleges have left the guaranteed student loan program for direct lending. Whether many others follow may largely depend on how many more lenders bolt the market.
Shifting Gold Standard for Aid Policy
Has "no loans" replaced "need blind"? When institutions adopt the former without the latter, is equity served? Have colleges been too quick to define all loans as bad?
Tennessee Reconsiders Tilt to Merit Aid
Proposals would increase spending on need-based assistance and make it easier for low-income students to hold on to grants.
Harvard's Aid Bonanza
Harvard University on Monday unveiled a new approach to financial aid and a new definition of "middle income." The result...
The Cheaper Student Loan Program?
Lenders say federal budget numbers now show that the guaranteed loan program costs the government less than direct lending. Should that change the equation?
Bucking the Tide on Private Loans
Barnard effort suggests colleges may be able to dissuade students from risky, growing and controversial form of borrowing.
How Sectarian Is Too Sectarian?
Federal judge -- rejecting pleas from Colorado Christian U. and U.S. Justice Dept. -- upholds Colorado's limit on aid funds.
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Presidents and the Student Loan Mess
College CEOs have long ignored the loan programs, says Robert Maurer. Even bigger problems are in the offing if they don’t pay attention now.
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