Student Aid Policy

Student aid advocates and financial aid administrators say shutdown of IRS data retrieval tool has consequences beyond the FAFSA process.

Wick Sloane challenges the college leaders at this weekend’s annual meeting of the American Council on Education: fight for low-income students.

College access advocates scramble as Trump administration says IRS tool designed to simplify student aid process could be unavailable for several weeks.

As Tennessee’s Promise program expands to include adult students, other community college scholarship programs are figuring out how to replicate its success.

The Education Department needs to better monitor colleges' finances to prevent another costly fiasco like the 2014 collapse of Corinthian Colleges, says the agency's Office of Inspector General.

Obama administration guidelines for LGBT student protections under Title IX remain in place, and the student codes at Liberty and Bob Jones Universities appear to violate them.

Congress should resist efforts to undermine the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, which protects students and taxpayers, writes Christine Lindstrom.

States often don't calculate revenue lost through higher education income tax benefits for students, report finds.