Hold on to your mortar board: the cost of a U.S. college education has finally stopped going up. At least that’s the case at a small handful of liberal arts colleges that need to lure students in the middle of a pandemic.
Anxious high-school seniors are trying to boost their chances of getting into some of the most selective schools in the country during a chaotic admissions cycle.
In a bipartisan effort, Congress is close to a deal to simplify the federal financial aid form, or FAFSA, a major policy goal of retiring Republican senator Lamar Alexander.