Brenda H. almost didn't make it to her first day of college. She tried to apply for financial aid through the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) four times, but encountered glitch after glitch—including a widespread bug that impacted students whose parents or spouses don't have Social Security numbers. Brenda's parents are both undocumented, […]
An antitrust lawsuit filed this week accuses some of America's wealthiest colleges and universities of overcharging students with divorced or separated parents. The federal class action that landed Monday in Illinois district court says 40 private colleges – including Harvard University, Yale University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Stanford University – conspired to keep […]
Only five states have yet to join this popular alliance pledging to increase national postsecondary attainment rates. Can they keep up doing "more with less"?
Bracing for a $250 million budget shortfall with the sunset of a state sales tax next year, Louisiana higher education system leaders told the Board of Regents that funding cuts could have "devastating" impacts. That could mean slashed programs, layoffs and students across the state receiving less financial aid, system leaders said at a state […]
A government watchdog group found four million out of 5.4 million call center inquiries went unanswered during the first five months of the rollout, among other mistakes.
The Center on Education and the Workforce found that only 14% of master's programs provided a higher premium than related bachelor's degrees. And how could a 'double Pell' erase the student debt gap?
Although more "postmortem" is needed to determine the full impact of the massive delays and confusion that plagued the government's botched rollout of its revised Free Application for Federal Student Aid last term, admissions directors at Iowa's public universities last week recounted the ramifications for their campuses, their applicants and their returning students. "We still, […]
The gainful employment and financial value transparency reporting requirements, which would've gone into effect on Oct. 1, are now delayed until Jan. 15. Higher ed advocates had pushed for a longer extension.
In the week ahead, some colleges can begin building reduced-credit programs and maybe even expect more high school students to enroll right after graduation.
