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Wealthy high schoolers are upping their application game to 25 colleges this year. It's setting up a big payday for schools while leaving lower-income students behind.
College applications are up 22% since 2019, but only 6% of those are coming from the lowest-income …
Ayelet Sheffey
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The College Board is raking in cash as it promotes its AP exam among low-income students, many of whom are failing it
The New York Times, based on its own estimates, said that the College Board receives roughly $100 m…
John L. Dorman
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The 10 colleges in America that give low-income students the most bang for their buck
With that in mind, the US Department of Education (ED) compiled a list of schools "with low costs t…
Abby Jackson
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Parents who took on student loans for their kids' educations aren't included in Biden's new debt relief proposals
Biden just proposed sweeping plans to reform income-driven repayment plans for student-loan borrowe…
Ayelet Sheffey
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Another Education Start-up From India Gets Seed Round From Pearson Affordable Learning Fund
Education start-ups
in India
seem to be hottest targets right now, going by the kind of funding the…
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Student-loan forgiveness for millions of low-income borrowers could be jeopardized by 'harmful servicing practices,' 4 advocacy groups say
The groups told student-loan industry leaders they will use "every tool" at their disposal to ensur…
Ayelet Sheffey
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Here's How Obama Is Planning To Rate Colleges
The DOE announcement appears to have less concrete details than was initially expected for the syst…
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Controversial new report claims colleges in '$500 million club' aren't spending enough on students
The Education Trust also carves out the institutions that spend less than 5% annually from their en…
Abby Jackson
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An Ivy League Education Can Be Surprisingly Cheap
You can negotiate financial aid offers. "A lot families have never heard that you can appeal colleg…
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Is Higher Education Becoming A Privilege For The Elite?
Education for all is the right of every student. However, is it actually any more accessible to all…
Swati Srivastava
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The case for cancelling student debt isn't political - it's practical. Here are the benefits of erasing $1.6 trillion, no strings attached.
President Biden rejected a Democratic plan to eliminate $50,000 of student debt per borrower, but s…
Hillary Hoffower,Madison Hoff
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US News added a 'social mobility' factor to its college rankings and the change makes a statement on class in America
Higher education has traditionally been seen as a major ladder to achieving the American Dream, but…
Andy Kiersz
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Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren want to make pandemic-era food benefits for college students permanent
"As students take on a mountain of student-loan debt, they shouldn't have to choose between paying …
Ayelet Sheffey
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Who's winning from Biden's student-debt relief? Millennials, public servants, and Black borrowers are seeing the biggest gains.
Biden's student-loan forgiveness announcement triggered celebration as well as criticisms over who …
Jacob Zinkula,Ayelet Sheffey,…
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Ivy League colleges offer free tuition to certain students - here's how financial aid packages stack up
Students from families with incomes below $65,000 are not expected to contribute toward the cost of…
Abby Jackson
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College Students Have Found A Better Way To Pay For Tuition Than Mom And Dad
Back in 2009, scholarships and grants accounted for just 25% of college funding. That figure is up …
Mandi Woodruff
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An Ivy League education can be surprisingly cheap
Colleges generally spend 4 percent to 5 percent of their endowments per year on financial aid, prom…
Jeremy Berke,Peter Jacobs
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Children of the 1% are 77 times more likely to attend an Ivy League school than poor Americans
The figures show mobility is a fairly rare privilege for an America that used to pride itself in pr…
Pedro Nicolaci da Costa
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A California Politician Wants To Give Tons Of Students 'Free' College Tuition - Here's Why It Might Not Be Worth It
Overall, students usually end up paying more under these plans than they would under a more traditi…
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Millions of student-loan borrowers just got closer to relief, but a government report found thousands more are likely 'entitled' to forgiveness
Income-driven repayment plans are meant to make monthly payments manageable for low-income borrower…