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Facing financial and political challenges, U.S. colleges and universities raised tuition rates this fall, following a stretch when inflation-adjusted prices had fallen, according to The Hechinger Report.

A new report by the National College Attainment Network finds that most public colleges are financially out of reach for the average low-income student, especially as families face new caps…

Economist Phillip Levine talks to Inside Higher Ed about his development of the Instant Net Price Estimator, a digital tool designed to reduce misinformation about the price of a college…

Advocates hope more state legislatures will invest in interest-free ‘pay-it-forward’ student loan programs, which ask borrowers for repayment only when they’ve begun earning a minimum amount and use those payments…

A new report finds that more students are looking for colleges that reflect their values and allow them to express their views freely, though cost and location remain top reasons…

State-imposed tuition freezes meant to make college more affordable unintentionally benefit wealthier students, while raising prices on lower-income students, according to a new report from the Postsecondary Education and Economics…

The Pell Grant program is facing a budget deficit of nearly $3 billion later this year, jeopardizing a crucial source of aid for low-income college students.

Inside Higher Ed highlights efforts by a California college’s basic needs department and other institutions where students have been upended by wildfires and floods.

Laws that require high school students to complete their Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) in order to graduate are having “immediate impacts on FAFSA filing behavior,” according to…

Citing concerns that middle-income households have been “squeezed out of need-based financial aid,” some colleges are working to make a bachelor’s degree more affordable for middle-class families.