Government

In the aftermath of COVID-19, we must help make college more affordable for low-income Americans, Lynn Pasquerella and Jane Oates write.

States would pay for large chunks of the free college plans from Biden and Sanders, but the coronavirus is sending state finances reeling.

Higher education groups push the Education Department to suspend measure of colleges' financial standing, and the department releases new proposed rules on distance education.

Such engagement can also spread like a virus, writes Michael S. Roth, and we must now turn to virtual tools to strengthen our networks for democracy.

Stimulus bill would create a tax break for employer-paid student loan benefits. Will this benefit help workers who need it most?

Consumer groups are questioning why some student loan borrowers will not get help from the stimulus package about to be passed by Congress.

College leaders were disappointed by the Senate's stimulus proposal. But they are looking ahead to getting more in another round.

House Democrats are calling for at least $10,000 of each borrower's student debt to be canceled as part of the stimulus plan being negotiated in Congress.