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Arrests, Anger, Anxiety as Grad Students Visit Paul Ryan's Office
Key area of concern is House plan to tax tuition waivers, which some have said would make it impossible for them to afford to stay in their programs.
GOP Seeks to Shift Accountability for Colleges
While for-profits get the relief they’ve long clamored for, the GOP’s proposed overhaul of the Higher Education Act would add performance-funding standards for most colleges.
Senate Passes Tax Bill With Major Implications for Higher Ed
Legislation would tax largest private college endowments, create new cost burdens for business unrelated to educational mission and could put new strains on state budgets that fund public universities.
GOP Begins Rewrite of Federal Aid Law
House education committee leaks its ambitious first draft of a reauthorization of the Higher Education Act, with broad changes aimed at both deregulation and more accountability in how federal student aid is distributed and used.
Nationwide Protest Against Tax on Grad Students
At Penn and elsewhere, students organize “grade-ins” to show what they do and how House Republicans’ tax legislation could make it harder for them to make ends meet.
How the Tax Bills Would Hit Higher Ed
On eve of vote on Senate tax reform plan, we compare it to the House version, which would hurt students and families more. Both would hit colleges and universities hard by imposing new taxes and constraining state budgets.
FAFSA Goes Mobile
Education Department plans a new platform aimed at smoothing applications for student aid and helping borrowers manage loan payments. But Congress must act to remove the most serious obstacles to completion of the FAFSA.
Tug-of-War on Loan Servicing
As states become more active in regulating the companies that collect and handle student loan payments, servicers seek answer from Secretary DeVos on whether federal policy pre-empts new rules.