Completing the Free Application for Federal Student Aid or FAFSA this year has been complicated, to say the least. Especially if your family is considered “mixed status” — when a student has a Social ...

Problems with the new Free Application for Federal Student Aid have resulted in fewer students applying for college financial aid. Given the current status of FAFSA submissions, the Department of ...

The updated FAFSA form launched last week — the earliest it’s been available in the program’s history, according to the Department of Education.

There’s a new workaround for some college applicants who have been stymied by the chaotic rollout of the newly designed federal student aid form. The FAFSA, or Free Application for Federal Student Aid ...

For the 2024-2025 school year, the U.S. Department of Education redesigned and simplified its Free Application for Federal Student Aid, or FAFSA, application forms to increase the number of ...

Missteps and technical problems associated with the new Free Application for Federal Student Aid are fueling concerns about the government’s ability to serve students from immigrant families ...

Despite a growing need, fewer students are applying for college financial aid. That's a fraction of the 17 million students who use the FAFSA form in ordinary years, according to the U.S. Department ...