New federal loan limits restrict borrowing for graduate degrees in many fields, and prospects for private loans are also grim.
Matt Krupnick
Matt Krupnick is a Chicago-based journalist specializing in inequity, inequality, education, investigative work, data journalism, and the environment.
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How One University is Luring Coveted Honors Students with Social Justice
To revitalize its home city, Rutgers University-Newark has started an honors program that looks beyond test scores to students’ commitment to social change
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Even If They Want to Go to College, Millions of Adults Live in Higher Education “Deserts”
At least 25 miles from the nearest campus, they also don’t have internet speeds to study online
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How the Immigration Controversy Could Drive Up the Cost of College
Losing international students would cost U.S. universities billions in revenue.
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Number of International Students at U.S. Universities Hits New High Amid Trump Worries
Survey, history suggest that students who feel less welcome here may choose to study elsewhere.
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Trump Plan Would Base Student Loans on Employability
Proposal could increase the cost of liberal arts degrees
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Tangled Process of Applying for Financial Aid Deepens College Affordability Crisis
At least two million students eligible for money fail to complete the forms they need to get it
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Californians Increasingly Can’t Get Into State’s Public Colleges
Christopher Viney, an engineering professor at UC Merced, who bemoans California universities’ decline. Photo: Bea Ahbeck RIVERSIDE, Calif. — They were once the envy of the world for the access they offered to high-quality education for all students at a low price. But California’s public colleges and universities delivered something different to Andrew Hotchkiss when […]
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Low-Income Students Struggle to Pay for College, Even in Rare States That Offer Help
Three-quarters still have to take out loans, more than other income groups.
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How One Little-Known Minority Group Illustrates a Looming Problem for Colleges
As demographics shift, higher education copes with new kinds of students.
