Student Aid Policy

Many experts argue that debt relief without reform will replicate the crisis seen today.

Higher education officials in Tennessee are trying to determine why the state’s high school graduates are passing on college, and how to change their minds.

Education Department will make the largest group discharge of federal student loans in U.S. history.

Black parents are disproportionately burdened by Parent PLUS borrowing, a new study finds, leading to deeper racial inequities in student loan borrowing and higher education at large.

Some say so, but the president’s plan to cancel at least some student debt is still not finalized.

Report finds incarcerated women enrolled in college programs at high rates but lagged in earning degrees in prison during the 2020–21 academic year. Scholars and program leaders say these students face unique barriers to completing college inside.

The announcement of his proposal for student debt relief is expected soon, but many questions—how soon and what his final policy will be—are still largely unanswered.

Younger Americans and those with student debt are far less likely than their peers to believe the benefits of getting a higher education outweigh the costs.