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How the Pandemic Is Imperiling a Working-Class College

The coronavirus has hurt Indiana University of Pennsylvania, but its financial problems were planted years ago.

College Costs Are Notoriously Opaque. Use These Tools to See How Much You'll Pay Before Applying

These Prestigious Well-Known Colleges on Every Kid's Wish-List Could Close Because of the Pandemic

Could the pandemic sound the death knell for the small liberal arts college without a large endowment?

How to Ask a College for More Financial Aid

It’s an admissions season unlike any other, with uncertainty for students and their families — and the colleges that want to get them in the door.

Edmit Announced Launch Competition Winner at SXSW EDU 2019

Edmit has been announced as the winner of the fast-paced live pitch event at SXSW EDU, Launch, presented by The Walton Family Foundation.

Risky Strategy by Many Private Colleges Leaves Them Exposed

Chasing after a shrinking pool of wealthy students by increasing spending, and now vulnerable to closure because of the pandemic.

Student loan assistance programs reduce stress and increase retention

Whether your company has five employees or 50,000, chances are your employees and their children are dealing with student loan debt.

Stanford Drops Home Equity From Financial-Aid Calculations

University joins others to help middle-income families where cost of housing is high.

Edmit and NFP Partner to Build College Planning Feature

As student loan debt reaches an all time high, the two firms are pushing the conversation on what families must know early on about college funding.

Amid coronavirus pandemic, a growing list of colleges in financial peril

The number of private colleges and universities in New England at risk of closing or merging has doubled amid the financial shock of the coronavirus pandemic, a new report by an education technology firm has found.

Edmit Joins Jump$tart to Tackle Student Debt Crisis

High schools across the country will have access to Edmit’s college financial education platform at no cost.

Podcast Episode on Colleges' Financial Health

Many colleges were facing financial pressure before the pandemic. But the crisis has exacerbated those challenges and stoked more questions about the sustainability of colleges with shaky finances. How can students and their families know more about which colleges are at risk?

A Reckoning In Higher Education: Will There Be Campus Life After Covid-19?

When colleges sent out offers of admissions to millions of students earlier this spring, I told incoming freshmen to take the upcoming academic year off.

SoFi and Edmit Partner to Help Next Generation of College Students Get Their Money Right

New partnership gives members a head start on college financial planning.

Clark University, Mount Holyoke College, UMass Boston and Dartmouth are most likely to ‘perish,’ according to new analysis

Colleges and universities have a lot to think about as they sprint toward fall semester.

Another Crack at Measuring Colleges' Financial Strength

Amid debate over government financial responsibility scores, a company estimates the coronavirus pandemic drove a 47 percent increase in private colleges at risk of closure.

Under pressure from colleges, advising company yanks report on their financial health

Nearly 200 US colleges could run out of money in the next decade and be forced to close, according to study by a Massachusetts startup.

Private Conversations About Private College Closures

A college advising company planned to release a list projecting when specific private colleges could run out of money and close, but pushback from the sector convinced the company to scuttle its plan.

More Competition For College Admissions Means Room To Haggle On Tuition

You may not realize this, but when you get that financial aid letter from a college, nothing is set in stone.

Modeled on Zillow, Edmit Wants to Help Families Make Financially Savvier College Decisions

Edmit wants to do for college-shopping what Zillow is for homes and what Truecar is for automobiles.

They’re out to reveal the ‘dirty little secret of higher education’

A Boston startup launching this month contends that the price of one important thing is still pretty opaque: going to college.