Government

Republican lawmakers aren’t sold on the idea that doubling the maximum Pell Grant would actually help lower-income students better afford college.

Parts of the student loan program are in dire need of reform -- and now is the perfect time to do it, according to witnesses at a Senate subcommittee hearing.

Advocates and lawmakers say allowing student loan payments to resume Oct. 1 could lead to “disaster.”

It’s not unusual for senators to hold up the confirmation of presidential nominees -- but it is unusual when the holdup comes from a member of the president’s own party.

Seven of the appropriations bills approved by the House committee include funding that would go directly to colleges and universities.

Medgar Evers College gets a new infusion of cash, which college leaders expect to have a lasting impact on students and surrounding neighborhoods in Brooklyn that were hard-hit by the pandemic.

Report says fewer students -- especially low-income and minority students -- are filling out the form.

President Biden has pledged to appeal a federal judge’s ruling against the program that shields young undocumented immigrants from deportation.