Financial aid

Should the government encourage more college students to enter work study programs rather than apply for large financial aid packages?

What kind of loans should you take out for graduate school? Find out when student loan expert Heather Jarvis joins host Carmen Wong Ulrich to answer callers' questions.

Many soon-to-be high school graduates are settling on their choice of where to attend college. How does a family decide whether to pay for a student's dream school or a more economical alternative?

High-priced private colleges are offering students tuition breaks even when they don't need them.

More parents are turning to college financial planners for advice on how to pay for college.

Grinnell is a very small liberal arts college in Iowa with a very big endowment: $1.4 billion. Why the financially sound institution is looking at how to control future costs.

The cost of college continues to soar higher and higher. An education expert posits that costs can go down if the public sector pulls out of higher education.

Commentator Andrew Kelly says tax dollars should fund innovation in higher education, not more of the same

More college students are living large with gourmet cafeterias and state-of-the-art gyms -- but that's not what's driving up college costs.

With interest rates on some student loans about to double, the Obama administration joins with colleges to provide clearer guidance on the real price of school.