・Scammers are using stolen identities and AI-powered bots to enroll fake “ghost students” at colleges across the country, stealing millions in federal financial aid. ・Some colleges flagged nearly a ...

Payments still due and loan servicers remain open, collection activity will still happen. IDR applications will still be processed. Pell Grants and Direct Loans will continue to be disbursed, but ...

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Families fill out the Free Application for Federal Student Aid each year since this is the best (and only) way to qualify for certain types of financial assistance for college. That said, recent ...

The notoriously rocky rollout of the new Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FASFA)keeps getting rockier. On Friday, the Education Department acknowledged that ...

Effective for the 2025-26 aid year, students/parents will submit some financial aid forms through the Verification Documents Online. Document upload issues? If you are experiencing issues uploading ...

Financial aid professionals at colleges across the country say that this spring’s cuts at the Department of Education caused “breakdowns” in the federal student aid system that could affect student ...

During Richard Cordray’s tenure at the agency, the botched rollout of the new FAFSA upended the college admissions process. By Zach Montague Reporting from Washington The nation’s top student aid ...

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The Trump administration has stopped more than $1 billion in federal student aid fraud since January, the Department of Education announced Thursday. The department presented the announcement as an ...