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Federal work study creates opportunities for students and universities alike. But the program’s challenges go beyond the potential government funding cuts.
While more Native Americans living on reservations attend college than in decades prior, just 10.3% earned college degrees in 2020.
This unofficial and invisible safety net is widespread and operates at all income levels. But no one knows the actual scale of this web of informal transactions.
A college administrator offers insights into the rocky rollout of the Department of Education’s supposedly ‘simplified’ financial aid form.
Despite a recent crash in value, universities are using cryptocurrencies for a variety of purposes and reasons.
The Pell Grant would have to be doubled in order for its purchasing power to be anywhere near what it used to be, a scholar observes.
College savings plans – known as 529s – can be effective for certain families. Still, it pays to know the ins and outs of how the plans work, an expert says.
Net price calculators – online tools meant to estimate what students will actually pay for college – can produce varying results for students in similar economic situations, researchers find.
Small private colleges are closing left and right. A veteran university administrator explains the forces behind the trend.
Many college students take math classes they’ve already taken in high school. Why does this happen? Is it a problem?
While net price calculators are meant to help students figure out how much a particular college will cost, a new study reveals that many colleges’ calculators distort the true cost of attendance.
In order to regain public confidence, universities must take steps to show citizens that investments in higher education are well-spent, an education professor and university professor argue.
Underfunding has created incentives for colleges and universities to enroll nonresidents. But those that take a high number of poor students are on the verge of closure.
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