Pell grants

The St. Louis-based private university has quadrupled its low-income students since 2013. The school's administrators say their strategies to do so could be applicable nationwide.

Justice Amy Coney Barrett, who is assigned to the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals, was the one who received the emergency application brought by a Wisconsin taxpayers group.

President Biden announced a sweeping effort to forgive up to $20,000 of federal student loan debt for Pell Grant recipients, and up to $10,000 for other borrowers making under $125,000 a year.

Washington University is a top-tier college, attracting both the nation’s smartest and richest students. That often puts the private university on the…

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