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Texas State Doubles Free Tuition Income Cap To $100,000 For 2027 Freshmen
Texas State University is doubling the income limits on its free tuition program. Starting with the Fall 2027 entering class, first-time freshmen who…
12 hours ago
Bill Gates Says Heavy AI Use Could Cause Students To End Up Learning Less
Bill Gates published a 6,000-word essay on the AI transition, calling it “one of the most turbulent times in human history” and arguing the world has…
1 day, 12 hours ago
ASU’s New “Influencer Degree” Costs Up To $60,000 A Year. Will It Pay Off?
Arizona State University has launched a Bachelor of Arts in Content Creation through its Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication,…
2 days, 12 hours ago
Free Community College Pays For Itself, New NBER Study Finds
A new NBER working paper finds that Tennessee Promise, the nation’s first statewide free community college program, increased college enrollment, boo…
3 days, 12 hours ago
Senators Demand ED Account for $1 Billion Student Loan Fund as Defaults Hit 9M
Four Senate Democrats want the Department of Education to provide answers on how it spent a $1 billion student loan administration fund created by la…
4 days, 12 hours ago
New Bill Would Use IRS Data To Automatically Put Struggling Student Loan Borrowers Into Low Payments
Rep. Suzanne Bonamici (D-Ore.) reintroduced the Streamlining Income-driven, Manageable Payments on Loans for Education (SIMPLE) Act on September 2, 2…
1 week ago
NIL Money And Taxes: What College Athletes Owe The IRS, The FAFSA, And Their Agent
College athletes are getting paid, and many of them don’t know what to do with it to maximize their long term wealth. The money arrives with no tax w…
2 weeks ago
ED Changes Grad PLUS Rule: Credit Hours Now Decide Who Keeps Uncapped Student Loans
The Education Department has quietly changed how it decides whether continuing graduate students can still borrow uncapped Grad PLUS loans, and the c…
2 weeks, 1 day ago
Parent PLUS Caps At $20,000 A Year, Leaving Cosigners Fewer Options In Year 4
As of July 1, 2026, new Parent PLUS borrowers are capped at $20,000 per dependent student per year and $65,000 for that student's entire undergraduat…
2 weeks, 2 days ago
PSLF Payment Counts Drop as Education Department Corrects IDR Adjustment Errors
Borrowers chasing Public Service Loan Forgiveness have spent the past two weeks watching their qualifying payment counts move in the wrong direction.…
2 weeks, 3 days ago