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June 30, 2009

Episode 15: A Student-Loan Overhaul Takes Shape

Congress is preparing a plan to make major changes to the federal student-loan system, as President Obama has proposed, but the legislation may exclude his idea to make Pell Grants an entitlement. Kelly Field and Sara Hebel talk about the proposals legislative aides are crafting behind the scenes. (2:05)

Kelly Field, The Chronicle's chief Washington reporter, and Sara Hebel, our politics editor, spend a minute (or so) each week discussing the key higher-education debates and behind-the-scenes maneuvering taking place in the nation's capital.

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