President of ScholarShot says there’s a silver lining in the FAFSA debacle this year. It may send more students to community college, which is a good thing.

The U.S. Education Department is doling out $50 million to help students complete the troubled federal aid form. Access advocates say it’s not too late to make an impact—but time is of the essence.

Luis Vergara felt a surge of hope when he saw the news. On April 30, the U.S. Department of Education announced changes to the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) that, the agency said, ...

Financial aid experts are raising new concerns about a potentially unforgiving timeline for students hoping to rely on federal dollars this summer.

Jason Gonzales for Chalkbeat A bungled FAFSA rollout threatens students' college ambitions Christian Rojas Linares can't finish his financial aid forms because he's been blanketed with error messages.

Counting on financial aid to attend a college or university in Tennessee? State officials just announced yet another deadline extension to apply for it. The deadline to finish the Free ...

This weekend, thousands of high school seniors will graduate in North Dakota and some of them still don’t know where they’re heading in the fall.

College advisers say the issues with the Free Application for Federal Student Aid this year could mean fewer students going to college or university in fall 2024.

A sampler of students’ experiences in four cities across the U.S. found that glitches and delays hampered students’ ability to decide where,or if, to go to college ...

It really put me on edge,” Samaya Acker, a senior at Air Force Academy High School on the South Side, says of the new form's flawed rollout, which has delayed financial aid awards and college ...

Courtney SankeySCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM DIRECTOR BIRMINGHAM PROMISE"If a student is filling out the FAFSA for the first time this year, it probably did put not such ...

Usually this time of year, high school seniors would know which school they’re heading to next fall. And universities would have a good handle on their incoming freshman class students.