Education Mar 06 What does the Education Department do? A guide to the agency Trump wants to gut By Annie Ma, Collin Binkley, Associated Press
Nation Aug 29 College students finally apply for financial aid after long summer of technical glitches After a long summer of technical glitches, most of America’s prospective college students finally applied for federal financial aid — an annual process upended by a redesign-gone-bad. By Annie Ma, Associated Press
Nation Mar 26 Watch 8:42 Troubled rollout of FAFSA overhaul causes major delays for students seeking financial aid Students waiting on financial aid will have to wait even longer after the Department of Education found a calculation error on hundreds of thousands of FAFSA applications. Laura Barrón-López has reaction from students questioning when and if they will get… By Laura Barrón-López, Karina Cuevas, Maria Witcher, Macayla Ramsey, Cass Technical High School
Education Feb 19 Students applying for college facing uncertainty as revised FAFSA delayed For many students, the excitement of being accepted into their first-choice college is being tempered this year by a troublesome uncertainty over whether they'll get the financial aid they need to attend. By Adriana Morga, Associated Press
Education Feb 18 Why students applying for college financial aid are facing new technical hurdles Marginalized students may have the most to lose as the Education Department’s rollout of the new Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) has hit several bumps. By Nadra Nittle, The 19th
Dec 17 Watch 6:42 Why changes are coming to FAFSA and how it will affect financial aid for college By John Yang, Andrew Corkery The road to college financial aid usually begins with the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, or FAFSA. After years of delays, a new version of the form will be released at the end of December. While it promises increased… Continue watching
Mar 28 Worried about taking on student loans? Here are some tips By Beth Kobliner The No.1 worry for high schoolers applying to college is student debt, according to a recent survey from The Princeton Review. Continue reading
Mar 30 Feds pull FAFSA tool after potential data breach By Collin Binkley, Associated Press Families applying for federal student aid are facing extra hurdles this year after a potential data breach led federal officials to remove an online tool that smoothed the process. Continue reading
Sep 30 Watch 5:20 FAFSA makes changes, hoping more students will utilize funds By PBS News Hour Federal financial aid for college is often underutilized due to the complexity of required paperwork; however, 90% of students who do complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) enroll in school. This year, the FAFSA is being streamlined… Continue watching