House Votes to Permit Discussions on Aid

The House of Representatives has passed legislation that would permanently extend an exemption to a law that bars private colleges from discussing their institutional financial-aid policies.

Under the legislation, which the House approved unanimously in April, financial-aid administrators at private colleges that are "need blind" (meaning that they do not consider a family's ability to pay in making admissions decisions) would continue to be able to meet to discuss general

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