Anil Kochhar, a North Carolina State University donor, gave graduates of the school's Wilson College of Textiles a lot more than just words of wisdom when he delivered their keynote commencement address recently. The Indian American entrepreneur also announced that he would pay off any student loans taken out by the college's graduating pupils during their senior year. I hope that all of you leave today not only with a degree but with greater freedom to pursue your goals, take risks and build the lives that you've worked so hard to achieve, Kochhar said, prompting loud cheers, applause and a standing ovation from his audience.
In the 2024-25 academic year, nearly 10 million students were eligible for the Pell Grant. That's 6 percent more than the year before. Nearly eight million of them were eligible for the max award of $7,395, which is up 31 percent from 2023-24.
Further and Higher Education Minister James Lawless has said universities are “gaming the system” by creating “niche” courses with high points, resulting in students with 625 points missing out due to random selection.
New York employers that sponsor foreign national employees for permanent residence are facing a materially different legal landscape under the state's Trapped at Work Act. As amended in early 2026, the law sharply restricts so-called stay or pay arrangements and significantly limits an employer's ability to recover costs from employees who leave before a specified period of service. Although the act does not explicitly reference immigration sponsorship, its structure, statutory language and legislative history strongly suggest that traditional green card reimbursement agreements are unlikely to be enforceable once the law becomes operative in February 2027.
When Russia invaded her home country of Ukraine in 2022, Anastasiia Pereverten was more than 5,000 miles away, studying at the University of Wyoming. From that distance, she watched a surge of support from Americans who were far removed from the conflict. "All this, so far away from Ukraine?" said Pereverten. "People were so incredibly vocal and supportive, and wanted to know more. I wanted to understand what shaped that."
Thirty former Ohio State football players, including some former NFL players, have agreed to join a federal lawsuit against the university over the sexual abuse of student athletes decades ago by a team doctor, a lawyer in the case said Thursday.
The financial services company Ascent recently raised $45 million to expand its student lending platform, pointing to the loan caps as a major opportunity. The University of Pennsylvania has announced partnerships with private lenders, Yale's School of Public Health is developing its own loan option and law schools from the University of Kansas to Washington University in St. Louis are already launching institution-backed financing programs.
