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More than 70% of adults with student loans report having delayed at least one significant life event because of their debt situation, yet a new Lumina Foundation-Gallup poll shows few Americans seem to understand the cost of obtaining a bachelors degree. During the 2021-22 academic year, the average cost of attendance ranged from $10,000 per year at public two-year institutions to more than $56,000 per year at private four-year nonprofit colleges. Michele Scott Taylor, Ph.D - is president of...

BOSTON — The state House of Representatives on Friday passed a nearly $58 billion budget that includes new spending on public transportation, public safety, environmental protection, health care and housing.

When the U.S. Department of Education announced last summer that federal Pell Grants would become available to incarcerated college students, lawmakers and state corrections agencies scrambled to adjust statutes and step up potential partnerships with universities. But nearly a year later, colleges and agencies are recognizing the steep administrative challenge to winning approval from the […] The post ‘Transformative’: More college programs are slowly coming into prisons ap...

Georgetown has admitted its first class of applicants in a new college admissions landscape, without affirmative action.

Amid financial aid delays stretching months beyond what’s typical, some students are feeling pressured to make college decisions without even knowing how much they’ll be required to pay.

A grant-funded program that helps first-time college students start their higher educational journey is being launched at Mid Michigan College.

BOSTON — The state House of Representatives on Friday passed a nearly $58 billion budget that includes new spending on public transportation, public safety, environmental protection, health care and housing.

Each year, millions of active and prospective university students submit the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA).

One stepfather called out the Biden administration's 'inexcusable' rollout of the new FAFSA application, arguing the delays have caused a 'lot of stress' as his stepson contemplates fall attendance.

The Federal Student Aid chief and debt-relief czar is stepping down after months of criticism over the bungled FAFSA overhaul. But is now the right time for accountability? Richard Cordray, the chief operating officer of the Office of Federal Student Aid and top student loan official in the Biden administration, is stepping down.