The summer will see the biggest shake-up to federal student aid in decades. New borrowing caps, the elimination of Grad PLUS loans, and altered Pell Grant eligibility all take effect this July, presenting students and families with yet another wave of complexities to decode. But these changes are just the latest wrinkles in a process […]
The Federal Student Aid office plans to hire 334 full-time employees by 2027, despite staffing cuts last year and efforts to send the department's work to other agencies.
Brandeis University's new tool, Faye, asks questions like a person would, digests high school transcripts and tax returns, then tells you "what your Brandeis cost will be" if you get in, including both need-based and merit aid.
Today, AI is no longer a concept to explore in higher education; it's a capability to implement. The technology has matured. So have the expectations. Institutions now face tighter budgets, increased public scrutiny around cost and outcomes, and the far-reaching impacts of FAFSA delays and demographic shifts. As noted in Liaison's new report, AI in […]
Federal officials argue that capping graduate loans will pressure postgraduate programs to rein in tuition and shrink the nation's trillion-dollar student debt load.
