As anxieties over college affordability and student loan debt continue to rise, some experts are calling for a reevaluation of how federal financial aid is allocated.

A wealth-based supplemental financial aid program would even the playing field for Black and Latine students, a new analysis shows.

A supplemental grant that focuses on family wealth could transform our system.

A proposed federal financial aid policy could change the lives of postsecondary students, particularly Black and Latinx students, by allowing them to spend less out-of-pocket for their degrees and ...

A new report argues a $17 billion investment in a grant program will meet unaddressed financial aid needs for Black and brown students.

Ranking of college endowments shows schools like University of California are getting richer — but critics question whether students benefit

Two University of California sociologists exploring that question are cowinners of the 2024 University of Louisville Grawemeyer Award in Education for their ideas in “Broke: The Racial Consequences...

"Record annual yields and 10-year returns nearing double digits for the biggest endowments proves the wealthiest schools can afford to loosen their purse strings, said Charlie Eaton, a sociology pr...

Student-loan payments have been on pause for nearly two years, with a recent extension through May 1. There's controversy over the merits of broad relief, with some arguing it's bad for the economy...

Look beyond flagships, and you'll see that privatization has had devastating consequences for racial and social equity

Insiders helped out insiders, and the rich got richer

42.9 million Americans had federal student loans as of last year, according to the National Student Loan Data System. Meanwhile, Federal Reserve Board statistics show outstanding student loans over...

Black and Latinx students are entering college at a far higher rate than ever before, but higher education in America remains racially divided and unequal. And California may well stand at the epic...

Some eligible schools have been accused of fraud and misuse of federal student aid

Q&A: Victor Ray with authors Laura Hamilton and Kelly Nielsen

The two editors and two of the contributing authors to the new book Critical Praxis in Authors Laura Hamilton and Kelly Nielsen discuss their book Broke: The Racial Consequences of Underfunding Pub...

Host Daniel Barwick interviews authors Laura Hamilton and Kelly Nielsen, who argue on the podcast that California has made decisions about UC that have impoverished campuses in a number of ways, li...

We discuss the financialization of higher education with Charlie Eaton (UC Merced)

Spurred by cheap loans and investors desperate to boost returns, buyout firms roam every corner of the corporate world

The Massachusetts Democrat has targeted six private-equity firms amid growing congressional scrutiny of the industry

It’s an increasingly bipartisan view that elite private colleges are islands of wealth. And there’s good reason for that: It’s true

American universities are using offshore strategies to swell their coffers, skirt taxes and obscure investments that could spark campus protests

California, Wyoming and New Jersey provide more aid to low-income college students than the largest federal grant program does, new research shows, but most states give far less