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Wesleyan Goes Loan-Free for All Students
Wesleyan University in Connecticut announced Thursday that it would eliminate loans from its financial aid packages, joining a select group...
U of Central Arkansas Launches Tuition Assistance Program
The University of Central Arkansas has launched a tuition-reduction initiative to ensure that all in-state freshmen whose families earn less...
‘Pay Up or Leave,’ a University Tells Students
A new policy at historically Black Fisk University requires students to pay off debts of more than $1,500, get on a payment plan or leave. Students are pushing back.
Fisk Students Protest New Payment Policy
Fisk University students are protesting a policy that will drop students from the rolls after Sept. 8 if they have...
U of Chicago Financial Aid Settlement Leaves Co-Defendants in a Tough Spot
The University of Chicago settled a federal antitrust lawsuit over financial aid. What does that mean for the 16 remaining defendants in the class action case?
Education Dept. Investigates Baker College
The Department of Education has reportedly opened an investigation into Baker College’s marketing and recruiting practices following an article last...
Duke’s Affordable Action Plan
The university’s decision to waive tuition for lower-income North and South Carolinians is officially about equity. But its potential as a recruitment tool for underserved students connects it to affirmative action’s fate.
Opinion
The Other Student Loan Crisis
Some graduate schools don’t let students borrow enough for basic needs like food and medicine, Aliya Sternstein and Charles Pruett write.