Although the U.S. Senate passed a resolution that will maintain Pell Grant funding for the 2011-2012 academic year, universities nationwide continue to be uneasy over the potential for future cuts to the program.

The Obama administration proposed a budget plan that includes cuts of about $20 million from Pell grant federal funding.

For some students, paying for college just became a little bit easier. The Obama administration announced in late June its intention to simplify the Free Application for Federal Student Aid. A goal of the administration is to lighten the load of the 16 million students and their families who must collect all pertinent financial information [...]

Ending a decade-long wait, President George W. Bush signed a bill to reauthorize the Higher Education Act of 1965, an act aimed at making education more accessible and affordable to students.