Student Aid Policy

Advocates are calling on the Education Department to shut down its system for wage garnishment until it can be deployed lawfully.

A task force won’t do the trick: congressional action is needed to address the problem of misleading financial aid offers, Wesley Whistle writes.

The Biden administration’s other plan to change how people pay back their loans could be safe from legal challenges.

But the injunction blocking student loan forgiveness remains in place for now.

Nearly two-thirds of colleges follow half or fewer of the 10 best practices in award letters. No college in GAO’s sample followed all 10.

The federal financial aid system is locking students out of more affordable learning options, Burck Smith writes.

The court will hear arguments in February on whether the Biden administration is legally able to forgive federal student loans. An injunction blocking the debt relief will remain in place.

Congress has a busy December, and several higher education policy priorities hang in the balance.