For some time now many colleges have practiced what they call “need-blind admissions,” meaning that they accept students based on their merit, even if those students will need financial aid. But as the college acceptance season for 2010 progresses, for the first time in years colleges are making headlines for ditching this practice.
Need Blind to Merit [...]

Over the past several months student after student has peered into the mailbox only to find the dreaded “thin envelope”: that physical symbol of a college rejection letter. While “fat” envelopes have no doubt appeared as well, there are few things so crushing to a college-bound senior as getting dumped by his or her dream [...]

Almost since President Obama took office we have been following the progression of his administration’s student aid bill, a piece of legislation intended to shift student loan funds from subsidies paid out to private lenders so more of that money could be focused on the students and schools themselves.
Dollars and Sense
The longer the student aid bill [...]

For a long time middle-class Americans have felt very much on their own when it comes to paying for college.  In his recent State of the Union address, President Obama mentioned efforts he is spearheading to help improve how families pay for college–and they’re not only for the lowest-income families.
Donning their Caps
You may remember that [...]