Student Aid Policy

And that’s a slight drop from the Class of 2021.

The Federal Student Aid ombudsman fielded nearly 90,000 complaints in 2022—more than double the previous year. Nearly two-thirds of the complaints were about issues with loans.

Proposed reforms to income-driven repayment represent a significant step toward offering borrowers a safety net, Sameer Gadkaree and Indivar Dutta-Gupta write.

Executive overreach or legal use of statutory authority? That will be a key question for the U.S. Supreme Court to consider when it hears arguments in two debt-relief lawsuits early this year.

Federal budget boosts maximum Pell Grant and funding for student success grant programs. Colleges and universities also are set to receive more than $1.5 billion for projects in earmarks.

Advocates are calling on the Education Department to shut down its system for wage garnishment until it can be deployed lawfully.

A task force won’t do the trick: congressional action is needed to address the problem of misleading financial aid offers, Wesley Whistle writes.