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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.

University of California researchers say an additional Pell Grant based on household wealth could help close racial gaps in college attendance and completion.

Colleges are searching for unconventional strategies to help students facing food and housing insecurity.

Living expenses should be front and center in the effort to make higher education more affordable and accessible, stakeholders say.

Despite headlines about six-figure sticker prices at some U.S. colleges, experts are urging students and families to consider that the vast majority of students do not pay the full cost…

U.S. colleges and universities are offering support and extending admissions deadlines to ensure applicants, especially those from low-income and other historically underrepresented backgrounds, have the time they need to consider…

This month, Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham signed into law “the largest higher education trust fund in the nation,” which will provide New Mexico residents with free college tuition for decades…

The transformational gift to Albert Einstein College of Medicine from a former professor and widow of a Wall Street financier is the largest made to any medical school in the…

Colleges and universities with differential tuition policies, in which students pay more for certain majors, are working to ensure they don’t create unintended barriers for students of color and first-generation,…

A new survey of stopped-out and currently enrolled community college students finds that work obligations and college costs are major reasons why they leave their programs. Policies focused on reducing…