Education Aug 24 How scammers are siphoning college financial aid with stolen student identities By Ali Rogin, Andrew Corkery
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
Education Apr 02 College will cost up to $95,000 this fall. Schools say financial aid can numb sticker shock As more than 2 million graduating high school students from across the United States finalize their decisions on what college to attend this fall, many are facing jaw-dropping costs — in some cases, as much as $95,000. By Nick Perry, 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
Feb 18 Why students applying for college financial aid are facing new technical hurdles By Nadra Nittle, The 19th 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. Continue reading
Dec 16 Ukraine businesses to receive $2 billion in international loans By Fatima Hussein, Associated Press Private businesses in Ukraine are in line to receive $2 billion in financing arranged by the International Finance Corp. to help rebuild the country's agriculture and fuel import industries and other ventures, which have faced extensive losses because of the… Continue reading
Jul 06 Amid pandemic, fewer students seek federal aid for college By Associated Press It’s raising alarms among education officials who say thousands of students may be opting to delay or forgo college, with potentially dire consequences for their job prospects and future earnings. Continue reading
Mar 24 How the coronavirus has upended college admissions By Charlotte West, The Hechinger Report As high schools close, seniors are scrambling to sort out financial aid and college decisions without guidance from counselors. Continue reading
Sep 16 Why finding out how much a college costs is harder than it looks By Jon Marcus, The Hechinger Report The Trump administration is pushing to make college costs and outcomes more transparent, as an alternative to regulating institutions. But some of the data is inaccessible and inaccurate, and much is provided by colleges and universities with little independent oversight. Continue reading