Financial aid is any form of funding that helps a student pay for college, such as a Pell Grant, loan or merit-based ...

The Trump administration is redirecting nearly $500 million in federal funding toward historically Black colleges and tribal colleges, a one-time investment covered primarily by cuts to other colleges ...

A spate of federal cuts are hurting a pillar of the higher-education system: community colleges. The schools, which educate about 40 percent of the nation’s college students, are contending with ...

The Legislative Higher Education Funding and Formula Task Force met Tuesday to review Louisiana's college funding while ...

Attending college is expensive. At a private school, it can be as much as the cost of a new car each year, according to U.S. News & World Report. That’s where financial aid can come in. The colleges ...

These colleges—spread from Pennsylvania to Kentucky to Michigan—discount their listed cost of attendance by at least 50% for all, or nearly all, students. College is more expensive than ever. That ...

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Federally funded TRIO programs, which help low-income and first-generation college students, are facing funding delays and potential elimination. Local agencies and universities in the Coastal Bend ...

The ongoing tuition freeze and state funding cuts threaten major sources of revenue for community colleges across the state.