Student Aid Policy

A report offers suggestions for how public research universities can thrive at a time of declining state support and increasing accountability.

Low-income and nondependent students have been protected from state disinvestment in higher education during the last two decades because of increasing federal aid spending, a new study finds.

State performance funding formulas lead to small decline in Pell revenue per student, new study finds, suggesting public colleges may be gaming formulas by enrolling fewer low-income students.

Hillary Clinton's proposals would provide the best way to improve college opportunities, argues Sandy Baum.

Federal lawsuit seeks to force the Education Department to provide information about its debt collection practices, including their impact on minority borrowers.

Bill Clinton hits the stump this week to make the case for Hillary Clinton's college affordability plan, criticizing states' "underfunding" of public higher education.

Hillary Clinton's and Bernie Sanders's higher education plans have very real and significant differences, argues Robert Samuels.