Student Aid Policy

Many teachers face the need to acquire a graduate degree, often taking on student debt for a high-demand job that yields few economic rewards. What should be done?

Federal stimulus dollars flowing to states kept appropriations strong in the 2021 fiscal year even as enrollment kept declining, a report from the State Higher Education Executive Officers shows.

The history of a student loan discharge program for people with disabilities clearly shows the need for automatic—as opposed to targeted—debt relief, Bethany Lilly and Persis Yu write.

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.