If you or your children are applying to any holdout schools, ask them for the common data set. If enough people do, perhaps they’ll cough them up eventually.

The student loan landscape has become so complicated that many borrowers need a detailed road map.
This guide will help you sort through your options.

A new policy law has broadened the uses of plans that were once primarily for saving for college. “They’ve become education savings accounts,” one expert said.

The safety net for federal student loan borrowers is about to be sharply overhauled. The domestic policy bill that was signed into law recently makes radical changes to the way Americans will pay for college, and could make access to higher education m…

It’s especially important to understand repayment options, experts on student borrowing say, because aspects of the federal student loan system are in flux.

The driving force behind college pricing is not some evil genius at Harvard or Penn. It’s a series of algorithms developed quietly over decades by consultants.

If you are in default or with a loan 270 days or more overdue, you should expect to receive an email from the Federal Student Aid office in a couple of weeks.

In addition to the new FAFSA form, the federal government will expand eligibility for federal aid in the biggest overhaul in decades.

Deposits into 529 savings accounts fell last fall and early this year. But experts say the stock market recovery is helping to attract more money.