Category: Higher Education Affordability
Funding cuts, shifts in aid could make college harder to afford for low-income families
It was in the quiet of the summer when Jeff Kahlden heard that a promising young student he advised in […]
February 9, 2026
OPINION: Community colleges are uniquely positioned to train the nation’s AI workforce
Every industrial revolution begins by creating a new middle class. The steam engine, for example, didn’t just replace blacksmiths; it […]
February 9, 2026
5 big questions to help you understand the current state of student loans
Washington is sending confusing and even contradictory signals to people with student loans. New repayment plans, reversals on wage garnishment […]
January 28, 2026
STUDENT VOICES: Two recent college graduates have a message to their 17-year-old selves: Don’t go it alone
Like millions of students across the country, we recently graduated from college. We know how unlikely this moment once seemed. […]
January 27, 2026
Their value attacked and funding cut, universities and colleges start fighting back
A narrator speaks over images of busy cityscapes, children playing in a field and ominous scenes of natural disasters and […]
January 27, 2026