Financial aid

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…

After reviewing its admissions processes, Georgetown University announced a three-year pilot program in which it will accept the Common Application while maintaining other existing admissions policies aimed at making a…

A series of actions by the Trump administration to close the Department of Education and move its federal student loan program to the Small Business Administration leaves more questions than…

Policymakers and higher education advocates say that the administration’s efforts to dismantle the agency may lead to significant setbacks for student borrowers and federal financial aid.

Georgetown University and other colleges in the Washington, DC, area are providing free and discounted courses and career support to public servants whose jobs have been eliminated by the Trump…

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…

New research finds that the share of low-income students completing their Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) has recovered to near pre-pandemic levels, but FAFSA completion among middle-income students…

The state of Washington plans to offer automatic financial aid to students from low-income families who receive Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits so they can attend college without filing…

In a recent survey of private nonprofit colleges, most reported that the troubled rollout of the 2024-25 Free Application for Federal Student Aid made their incoming first-year classes “more difficult…