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AI Risks Creating a ‘Demand Machine’ for Governments, Report Warns
The App Store Accountability Act Poses Serious Concerns for Privacy, Security, and Free Expression
Too Much Merit Aid for Those Not in Need
Stephen Burd does a deep dive into which universities are paying for students who can pay for themselves.
Students Shouldn’t Have to Give Up Legal Rights to Enroll in For-Profit Colleges
The Obama administration considers prohibiting for-profit colleges from requiring students to settle disputes with the schools through bindi
Looking Beyond Pell Grants
Stephen Burd articulates why things are getting worse for low-income students.
Undermining Pell: Volume III: The News Keeps Getting Worse for Low-Income Students
Stephen Burd looks at U.S. Dept. of Ed data showing the average net price that students from low-income families attending four-college.
A Fight in Maryland to Stop Colleges from Stripping Low-Income Students of Institutional Aid
A group in Maryland is fighting to stop public universities from taking away institutional financial aid from low-income students.
The Merit Aid Arms Race Heats Up at UW-Madison
The University of Wisconsin at Madison is planning to substantially boost its spending on non-need-based aid, known as “merit-based.”
Getting More High-Achieving Low-Income Students Into Selective Colleges
Eleven states require students to take college entrance exams, and research shows that these policies have resulted in increased 4-year coll
Grinnell College Shows What it Takes for an Elite Private College to be Socioeconomically Diverse
Grinnell College’s commitment to enrolling low-income students is in keeping with the school’s long history of social activism.