Student Aid Policy

Report finds loan program -- critical to many historically black institutions -- exacerbates economic inequality for low-income black families by adding student debt they can't repay.

A new analysis sheds light on the need to help students who are 75 percent of the way toward a degree but are at risk of dropping out.

Private-sector companies say they're ready to expand footprint in student loan market (again) as they push for new caps on federal lending to graduate students.

Despite filing federal applications and being eligible for aid, many low-income students in California are going without millions of dollars in Pell Grants.

Facing increasing student loan default rates, Indiana's community college system has focused on helping students with their financial literacy.

Report says some institutions partnered with consulting firms that improperly pushed borrowers into forbearance, helping colleges avoid sanctions for high default rates but costing students and taxpayers.

As Republicans seek support for their controversial legislation to update the Higher Education Act, a Pentagon document gives ammo to critics over the bill's plan to end Public Service Loan Forgiveness.

The state expands tuition-free scholarship beyond traditional-age students -- as other states follow suit -- and gets a larger than anticipated response from adult workers.