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What role should household wealth play in determining a student’s financial aid package? 

by Stephanie Hughes
Jun 24, 2024
The FAFSA does not ask about two key measures of wealth – the family home and retirement accounts.
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Free community college programs increase enrollment — and strain staff

by Carrie Jung
Apr 24, 2024
Free tuition programs in two New England states have brought thousands of new students into community college classrooms. But they're also straining some schools' faculty and financial aid staff.
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Vanderbilt will soon cost $100,000 a year for some students. How did we get here?

by David Brancaccio and Nic Perez
Apr 8, 2024
While Vanderbilt offers merit aid and need-based financial aid, its high sticker cost says a lot about college affordability in the U.S.
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Massachusetts college eliminates loans and work requirements from student aid

by Kirk Carapezza
Jun 13, 2022
Might other private colleges follow Williams College's lead?
Daniela Corona stands outside the admissions building where she works as a tour guide at Williams College.
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Ukrainian students in the U.S. face emotional, financial hardships

by Kristin Schwab
Mar 7, 2022
As the end of the school year nears, those students who cant or don't feel safe returning home will have to find housing and a way to pay for it.
For Ukrainian students in the United States, the emotional and financial toll of Russia's invasion hits hard.
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More states are requiring high schoolers to complete financial aid application

by Stephanie Hughes
Feb 16, 2022
Applications for federal aid for college have decreased, so schools and states are looking at ways to get more grants into students' hands.
In states that require high school students to fill out the FAFSA, the number of students applying for financial aid has gone up.
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Strapped community colleges to receive additional $198 million in aid from Biden administration

by Stephanie Hughes
Jan 20, 2022
Enrollment plummeted during the pandemic, which drove many would-be students to choose work – if they could find it – over their studies.
The money from the Biden administration could help students with things like child care or emergency expenses.
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Some small colleges are closing their doors for good amid pandemic

by Sasha Aslanian
Aug 20, 2020
By one estimate, about 200 private liberal-arts institutions are on the verge of going under.
Students on a North Carolina college campus. Smaller institutions are having a tougher time financially.
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Can a computer model reveal who is about to become homeless? LA County is finding out.

by David Wagner
Jan 23, 2020
The goal is to reach out and help people before they lose their housing.
Courtesy California Policy Lab
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Beth Kobliner on how parents can maximize FAFSA's potential

by David Brancaccio and Daniel Shin
Oct 4, 2018
Early conversations with kids about paying for college can save thousands in the long run.
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