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Why Students Aren't Filling Out the FAFSA
Low-income and first-generation students find it difficult to fill it out, and they fill it out themselves, EAB survey finds.
App’s Private Aid Algorithm Promises Fast Cash
Start-up uses an algorithm developed by Sara Goldrick-Rab to approve student emergency aid applications quickly. Experts say the outsourcing can work, if known pitfalls can be avoided.
How Can State Funding Models Incentivize Equity?
A better set of outcomes-based state funding metrics can encourage institutions to focus on low-income and minority students' success, a new report argues.
Supreme Court Hears Arguments For and Against Athlete Pay
The hearing on what could be a landmark case on college athlete compensation was focused on athlete exploitation and the potential destruction of the college sports model.
Flexibility for Borrowers in Default
People who have defaulted on privately held education loans are now in for the same COVID-19 flexibilities as other borrowers.
Is 2021 the Year of College Athletics Reform?
The National Collegiate Athletic Association and its member institutions will face a number of challenges to long-held values and policies this year.
Changes in Financial Aid
Federal Student Aid’s COO resigned Friday, amid political pressure from progressives. Meanwhile, FAFSA underwent technical difficulties, potentially impacting some students’ ability to submit.
Hunger-Free Campus Bills Have New Urgency
As the coronavirus pandemic and economic recession hammer food-insecure students, lawmakers in several states renew efforts to pass hunger-free campus legislation.