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Shift in Scrutiny of Loan Servicers
Education Department plans changes in how it evaluates student loan servicers. Consumer advocates and some members of Congress have criticized the department's oversight of the companies.
Automatic Income-Based Repayment?
Policy makers and higher education researchers grapple with how to reform and overhaul federal income-based repayment programs for student loan borrowers.
Grants vs. Loans
Study finds that government grants have a positive impact on the graduation rates of low-income students, but unsubsidized loans counter that impact.
Collateral Damage
Congress expanded federal student loan default metrics to scrutinize for-profits, but community colleges are worried, too, at least one with good reason.
Higher Ed Cuts in GOP Budget
House Republicans unveil their 2015 budget proposal, which calls for a 10-year freeze on the maximum Pell Grant and would eliminate funding for the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Ed Dept. Defends Loan Servicing
Several Senate Democrats had pointed questions for the Education Department over how it oversees the companies that manage student-loan borrowers’ payments.
Get Grant, Block Porn?
Two months after its passage, the 1,582-page appropriations bill continues to be a source of legislative oddities.
Fight on State Authorization
State regulators are concerned that the Education Department's new proposal will impose substantial new burdens on their offices.