Financial Aid & Student Loans
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Rising college tuition continues to be one of the most important stories that education journalists cover
Two federal programs that were supposed to steer college students to public service jobs, became mired in missteps, as the recipients unexpectedly found their grants wrongly converted into high-interest loans
Meredith Kolodner and Sarah Butrymowicz of The Hechinger Report discuss their investigation into private cosmetology schools in Iowa that are reaping big profits at the expense of their students
As calls grow for colleges to open food banks and assist homeless students, a debate is stirring over just how widespread student hunger and homelessness really are, and what colleges should do about it
A new investigation by NerdWallet’s public-interest journalism team focuses on student loan debt-relief companies that promise consumers savvy fiscal help but too often do little to actually lighten their load
Few news articles about student financial aid omit the staggering fact that total student loan debt for former college-goers stands at $1.3 trillion
