Every student that meets the basic citizenship and academic requirements is eligible for financial aid through the Free ...

GREENSBORO, N.C. — The 2024-25 Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) is now open for students and parents. The application period opened in December 2023. Students must have their ...

The U.S. Department of Education on Monday announced several steps it would take to help colleges process the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, or FAFSA, more efficiently amid continuing ...

A student age 24 or older by Dec. 31 of the award year is considered independent for federal financial aid purposes.

Higher education leaders have worked tirelessly over the past five months to recover from the Department of Education’s delayed and error-ridden rollout of the new Free Application for Federal Student ...

The U.S. Education Department is relaxing a number of requirements so that colleges and universities dealing with delayed student financial aid information can better focus on processing aid ...

Students and their families, along with college financial aid administrators, hoped the 2025-26 school year would be a return to normalcy. It doesn't look like that will be the case. The Department of ...

The U.S. Department of Education plans to cut down on paperwork requirements for certain students and schools this year amid a challenging rollout of the new FAFSA. The agency announced Tuesday that ...

MCDANIEL COLLEGE. IT’S CREATING A LITTLE BIT OF ANXIETY THAT WE DON’T QUITE KNOW WHEN WE’RE GOING TO HAVE ALL OF THE INFORMATION. CHRISTINA GOODMAN IS, LIKE MANY MARYLAND PARENTS, WAITING TO FIND OUT ...

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With federal student loan repayment rules changing July 1 and ongoing FAFSA verification requirements, 2026 applicants face higher stakes for correcting errors and appealing aid decisions. Federal ...

Guest columnist Scott A. Schulz, Ph.D., has served as vice president for enrollment management at Baldwin Wallace University since 2015. He has been a higher education professional since 2007, with ...