Editorial Board
Colleges Should Stop Hiding How Much They Cost
The lack of transparency in financial-aid offers is making the student-loan crisis even worse.
Students deserve to know their bottom line.
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Whether President Joe Biden’s misguided plan to forgive some $400 billion in federal student-loan debt goes forward will ultimately be up to the Supreme Court. For now, there’s more the federal government should be doing to rein in the costs of higher education — and thus reduce how much students borrow in the first place.
In particular: It should insist that colleges stop hiding exactly how much students are expected to pay.