After months of waiting, high school seniors have most of their admission decisions in hand. If they are lucky and planned thoughtfully, they have options. Now comes the hard part of choosing a school ...

“That is the primary federal aid form to determine eligibility for need-based forms of aid,” explained Bill Wendle, director of financial aid at UVA-Wise. “It is the meat and potatoes of financial aid ...

Most college acceptance and financial aid letters go out in March. For many students and their families, the aid package is arguably more significant than an acceptance notification. And yet, "the ...

Trump education official exposes $1 billion student aid fraud scheme, with California and Minnesota identified as hubs for college scammers nationwide.

The first step in applying for financial aid is to apply for admission to the University of Dayton. The federal government requires that any student seeking need-based financial aid must first be ...

Financial aid fraud has been on the rise in California’s community colleges. Scammers stole roughly $8.4 million in federal financial aid and more than $2.7 million in state aid in 2024. California ...

You have /3 articles left. Sign up for a free account or log in. Financial aid professionals at colleges across the country say that this spring’s cuts at the ...

Roughly 55 percent of this year’s high school graduating class applied for federal financial aid, a significant comeback after the glitchy rollout of a new version of the form last year. But even with ...

Students applying to the University of Wisconsin-Madison will soon need to complete a second, longer financial aid application if they want a share of the millions of dollars in financial aid the ...

WASHINGTON – Last week the Trump administration announced it was slashing the federal Education Department's workforce in half. This week the president signed an executive order declaring he was ...