A Bureaucratic Shakeup Threatens Future Child Care Research
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Two Homeland Attacks Rattle Americans Amid War with Iran
China’s Agentic AI Controversy
Funding the ADA’s Promise
English Learners Need More Federal Support to Succeed, Not Less
Who’s Not Repaying Student Loans? More People Than You Think
Even as the media touts a decline in defaults, in reality, many more people failing to make a student loan payment than 13.7 percent.
Get-Out-of-Jail-Free Card for Some Colleges with High Default Rates
This fall was supposed to be when colleges were held to tougher loan default measures. But many may breathe a sigh of relief, thanks to data
Choosing College: What We Don’t Know
It’s clear that the availability of information to students about where to go to college and how to finance it is unevenly distributed.
Video: America’s Worst Colleges
“Drop-Out Factories” are one of the biggest barriers on the path to students getting affordable, quality higher education.
How Advocates and Politicians Abuse Fair-Value Accounting
The CBO endorsed fair-value accounting as the most comprehensive measure of costs for government programs for years and does to this day.
Jumping Off the Merit Aid Merry-Go-Round
Some private colleges have jumped off the merit aid merry-go-round and redirected their resources to need-based aid.
Unfinished Business in the U.S. Senate
The Senate left a pile of unfinished business when it adjourned last week onto the campaign trail.
Lawmakers Approve Short-Term Budget, Avoid Federal Shutdown
Lawmakers voted to approve a continuing resolution to fund the government through Dec. 11.
Playing the Merit Aid Game at Public Universities
Few private nonprofit colleges use their financial aid resources to make college more accessible and affordable for the neediest students.
A Passion to Highlight Which Colleges Do Well by Low-Income Students
Read the Chronicle of Higher Education’s Q&A with “Undermining Pell” author Stephen Burd.