Student Aid Policy

New York’s free tuition program continues to mostly cover tuition for middle-income students and leave out low-income students, who are also disadvantaged by overly bureaucratic and cumbersome application requirements, according to a new report.

Elite colleges risk alienating low-income students who receive scholarships by asking them to share their stories with donors, Bintou Diarra writes.

Unless colleges and Democrats take pre-emptive action, the Biden administration’s student loan moratorium qua forgiveness could easily lead to a Republican war on higher education.

Pennsylvania’s governor is proposing a scholarship program for in-state college students for a third time. The stakes haven’t changed, but neither has the opposition from the horse-racing industry, whose revenues would partly fund the program.

Education Department plans to forgive 40,000 student loans immediately and place 3.6 million borrowers three years closer to debt forgiveness. Reaction is mixed.

Education Department plans to forgive 40,000 student loans immediately and to place 3.6 million borrowers three years closer to debt forgiveness.

Federal student loans do not have to be repaid until Sept. 1. President also erases defaults for millions of students.

New report suggests a microgrant program at Georgia State helps students complete their degrees faster and with less debt.