Following persistent technical issues with this year's updated, streamlined Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) form, the Education Department has announced a $50 million program to help ...

February 19, 2026 - Arizona State University wants Cal Grants for its California-based students, but California officials say its not eligible. On top of the typical anxieties of the college ...

F ederal lawmakers on Tuesday heard another round of testimony about the disastrous rollout of the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, or FAFSA. And once again, numerous damning details emerged.

The U.S. Department of Education has jeopardized access to financial aid for millions of college students and their families—all because it failed to create a functional online form. In what is ...

Higher ed institutions this fall experienced the steepest drop in first-year enrollment since the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the latest data from the National Student Clearinghouse Research ...

The Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) is the key that unlocks federal student aid - including grants and student loans. It’s also the primary tool that colleges and universities use to ...

The Free Application For Federal Student Aid is officially open, and so far, it looks like things are running smoother than last year, when there were significant delays and problems with the FAFSA.

While one House committee probed the FAFSA mess Wednesday, another grilled Education Secretary Miguel Cardona about the disastrous rollout of the student-aid form. “We’ve had 32 years of a functioning ...

This story was co-published with and supported by the journalism non-profit the Economic Hardship Reporting Project. When I was a high school senior from a very poor family, years ago, the Free ...