Filter & Sort
Filter
SORT BY DATE
Order

GAO: Colleges, Consultants Game Rules to Lower Default Rates

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.

Pentagon on PROSPER

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.
Opinion

How Professors Contribute to the Democratic Deficit

Civic engagement and social change are not priorities of faculty members -- the very individuals responsible for inspiring, teaching and guiding our future leaders, writes Samuel J. Abrams.

Adults Reconnect in Tennessee

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.

A Federal Experiment Flounders

An Obama-era program to give nontraditional providers access to federal financial aid has struggled to get off the ground, and three of eight participants have pulled out.
Opinion

A Bird on a Reed

In a difficult environment for higher education and the nation, Mort Maimon discovers resilience in adversity in a somewhat surprising place.
Opinion

Misguided Effort to Dismantle Federal Protections

DeVos's next round of deregulation strikes at the heart of higher education and could lead to more fraud, waste and abuse, argue Spiros Protopsaltis and Clare McCann.

A Push to Meet Full Need

How Lawrence University, without a mega-endowment, is raising money to join a small group of institutions.