Private colleges 'act local' with financial aid
(AP) - By targeting local students in financial need, Northwestern is seeking to boost minority enrollment...
Obama signs law finalizing health care, student loan reform
WASHINGTON (AP) - In this final piece of health reform, Democrats added in a restructuring of the way the government handles loans affecting millions of students...
theGrio Q & A: Obama's HBCU czar on making reform matter
Dr. John S. Wilson, a Morehouse and Harvard alum, explains how education reforms Obama signs into law today will directly impact students of color...
After string of successes, Obama signs student loan reform
VIDEO - The legislation has a wide reach. About half of undergraduates receive federal student aid and about 8.5 million students are going to college with the help of Pell Grants...
Obama's big blow to banks: Student loan reform
OPINION - This initiative would save over $60 billion dollars over 10 years by ending subsidies to commercial and private lenders providing student loans...
Congress alters student lending, hikes Pell Grants
WASHINGTON (AP) - The legislation will give more needy students access to bigger college Pell Grants and make it easier for many future borrowers to repay their government-backed loans...
Banks on verge of losing student lending business
WASHINGTON (AP) - Industry lobbyists have watched helplessly as Democrats and the Obama administration this week appear on the verge of shifting student lending from private banks to the federal government....
House boosts college aid for students in need
WASHINGTON (AP) - Riding the coattails of a historic health care vote, the House on Sunday also passed a broad reorganization of college aid that affects millions of students...
Obama looks for another win with student loan plan
WASHINGTON (AP) - With health care dominating House action, President Obama was looking for another domestic policy victory Sunday - passage of a vast rewrite of college aid for needy students...
Democrats look to resurrect ambitious college aid plan
WASHINGTON (AP) - Congressional Democrats want a stalled overhaul of college aid programs to get strapped onto a fast-track health care bill ...
