Students toss their mortarboards in the air at a 2018 commencement ceremony at Wesleyan University in Middletown, Conn.
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The idea that there's a connection between federal student loans and what colleges charge dates back almost four decades. But it's unclear that link can lead to lower costs.
Trump administration caps graduate federal loans at $20,500/year, $100,000 total (July 1) to pressure universities into tuition reductions. Economists remain split: research on federal aid's link to tuition hikes shows mixed results across different graduate program types and institutions.
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