The temporary outage of the Free Application for Federal Student Aid — FAFSA — website sparked concerns that President Donald Trump has followed through on promises to shutter the Department of ...

When Congress passed the FAFSA Simplification Act in 2020, it was touted as making it easier for more families to access the government funding they need to send their children to college. But as ...

The federal government shutdown has caused California students and families to face a more complicated financial aid process, ...

While enrolling in a graduate program can be an integral part of a long-term career, the cost of an advanced degree is substantial. As of 2023, you’ll typically pay between $54,000 and $73,000 for a ...

Vice Chancellors Rob Cramer and Dorota Grejner-Brzezinska said in an Oct. 10 email to University of Wisconsin-Madison ...

The FAFSA outage comes one day after the Department of Education announced it fired more than 1,300 people — or nearly half of its workforce. There was a massive outage on the website students use to ...

The federal government had supposedly made it much easier to apply for college financial aid. Except there was a glitch and students could not access the new online tool they needed. Applications were ...

(The Hill) – The Studentaid.gov website was down for hours on Wednesday after the Education Department laid off half its workforce. Downdetector saw hundreds of users report the outage of the Free ...

The rollout of the new student aid form last year was a debacle. This year’s beta testing has gone better. Next up: millions of users and a new administration. By Ron Lieber Ron Lieber has finished ...

When Yazmín Vega Escalera opened her laptop on April 9, 2024, it was still dark outside. Officially, her workday wouldn’t start for another three hours, but this was no day to sleep in. Yazmín was ...

A college education is a big investment in a student’s future, and cost is a major deciding factor on where to go. You may ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. (The Hill) – The Studentaid.gov website was ...