Budget Battles
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‘A Good Day for America’: Biden Signs $95 Billion Foreign Aid Bill
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Senate Advances $95 Billion Foreign Aid Package
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GOP Infighting Continues as Senate Heads for Aid Vote
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News Alert: House Approves $95 Billion Aid Package for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan
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Dems Help Save Johnson's Aid Package for Israel, Ukraine
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Johnson Rejects a Plan to Save His Speakership
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Johnson Defies Hardliners, Pushes Ahead With Foreign Aid Plan
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The Most Expensive College Town in America
Living off-campus has long been seen as a way to save money on college expenses, but it’s getting a lot harder to find a deal. Here’s the most expensive college town for off-campus rents.
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3 Big Changes Trump Wants to Make to Student Loans
By Rob GarverThe Trump administration is planning a major overhaul of the federal student loan system that will affect not just borrowers, but also the four companies that currently service the billions of...
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Bad News on Student Loans: They Stick With You Longer Than You Think
While the standard student loan repayment plan for federal loans lasts 10 years, many students end up making payments over a longer time period.
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The Hardest College to Get Into in the US
By Janna HerronThe most difficult college to get into in the country, the California Institute of Technology, accepts less than one student for every 11 applicants. Caltech doesn’t actually have the lowest...
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16 States That Are Cutting College Funding
By Janna HerronState and local funding for higher education still lags 2008 levels by 17 percent.
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5 Alarming Facts About America’s $1.3 Trillion in Student Loan Debt
By Eric PianinThe president of the New York Federal Reserve Bank sounded the alarm on Monday that the student debt crisis continues to mount. At a staggering $1.3 trillion, outstanding student loan debt is casting...
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The Best Colleges for Older Students
By 2020, nearly one in five students in higher educations will be over the age of 35.
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College Endowments Take a Big Hit
College endowments had a tough year in 2016, losing money even as the overall stock market racked up double-digit gains.
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Leave More Time for Your Financial Aid Form This Year as IRS Shuts Down FAFSA Data Tool
Many states and colleges have financial aid deadlines in the next few weeks, but technical difficulties are making it harder for students to fill out the applications. The “data retrieval tool,”...
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US Colleges Raise a Record $41 Billion, So Why Is Tuition Still Climbing?
American colleges and universities took in a record $41 billion in donations in 2016, but the contributions were concentrated among a handful of schools and often assigned to specific purposes. More...
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Grandma Has a Student Loan? Why More Older Americans Are Taking on Debt
Yet another study finds that many student loan borrowers are struggling to make their payments. This study, however, isn’t focused on young college grads, who have decades of earning years ahead of...
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Three Steps Congress Can Take to Fix the Student Debt System
By Beth Akers and Matthew M. Chingos, The Fiscal TimesHigher education reform will be front and center in 2017, as historic levels of public concern about rising college tuition and student debt levels pressure Congress to turn to the overdue...
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5 Tips to Pay Off Your Student Loans the Smart Way
Diplomas weren’t the only things the class of 2015 took with them when they graduated from college last year. For nearly seven in 10 seniors, graduation meant facing their student debt, averaging...
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Why College Students Are Borrowing Less to Pay for School
Average published tuition and fees for full-time students for 2016-2017 is continuing to go up, but undergraduate students are relying less on loans to cover those costs, according to a new report...
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Should Students Use College Loans to Pay Their Phone Bills?
By Jessica Dickler, CNBCMost people know what it's like to be broke in college. What they might not know is that increasingly, students are using aid dollars to cover their lifestyles as well. As student loan debt reaches a...