New Bills Would Cut Federal Aid To College Programs That Fail Licensing And Earnings Tests
Merkley and Krishnamoorthi’s Protecting Students from Worthless Degrees Act would pull federal aid from programs failing licensure and earnings rules.

DOJ and the Education Department found UC Berkeley Law violated Title VI in admissions. Berkeley’s dean disputes it. What it means for applicants.

Merkley and Krishnamoorthi’s Protecting Students from Worthless Degrees Act would pull federal aid from programs failing licensure and earnings rules.

37% of married couples pay more tax than they would single. Here’s every 2026 marriage penalty (brackets, SALT, EITC, tips, student loans, HSAs) with the numbers, plus the rules that favor married couples.

A reader and her husband were each billed $980 on RAP. Here’s why married borrowers get one payment (not two) and how to get a wrong bill corrected.

UC San Diego’s remedial MATH 2 filled both fall 2026 sections with 175 students waitlisted, reigniting the UC test-blind admissions fight. Here’s the data.

Yahoo Finance Plus offers portfolio tools, premium research, and advanced data to help investors make informed decisions. Is it worth the price? Learn more.

H.R. 9974, the Young Farmer Success Act, would make full-time farm and ranch work qualify for PSLF if the operation clears $35,000 in annual sales.

Why elite colleges are racing to offer free tuition: 33 schools now waive it for families earning up to $250,000. The endowment tax is part of the story.

UVM’s new Regional Tuition Break cuts tuition to $30,240 for Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island students starting fall 2027.

Notre Dame will require SAT or ACT scores from Fall 2028 applicants, joining Brown, Columbia and every Ivy in reversing pandemic-era test-optional policies.

Federal Reserve data shows student loan debt reached $1.86 trillion in Q2 2026, up 3.1% year over year. The quarterly dip is seasonal, not the new loan caps.

U.S. teens ranked 23rd in math and 10th in reading among 91 school systems on the 2025 PISA exam. See where American students land against Singapore.
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