The number of distressed institutions in higher education is up 70 percent in the United States compared to a decade ago, according to a report by Bain and Co. About 910 schools met at least one risk ...

The number of colleges and universities eligible for federal financial aid shrank by almost 2% between 2022-23 and 2023-24, according to a new report from the National Center for Education Statistics.

Roughly two dozen schools have introduced "no-loan" policies, which means they are eliminating student loans altogether from their financial aid packages. "They are giving them out like candy now," ...