Lifelong Learner: Your guide to financial aid for higher ed

It’s not too late to submit your application for this school year — and it’s almost time to start thinking about it for next year.
komonews

It's time to file that financial aid form

There are two important rules about getting federal aid for college: You must apply for it and the sooner you do, the better. The process starts by filing the Free Application for Federal Student Aid ...
News9

Faster FAFSA: Department of Education announces streamlined student aid application

The U.S. Department of Education is rolling out a faster, easier way for students to apply for federal financial aid. Beginning with the upcoming application cycle, the new FAFSA system will include ...
Wall Street Journal

What Is Legal Guardianship for the Fafsa? A Guide for Students

Per the Fafsa, legal guardianship is when a student is under the court-ordered care of someone other than a parent or stepparent Becca Stanek is a contributor to Buy Side and an expert on insurance, ...
USA Today

New FAFSA form, still difficult to get to, opens for longer hours. Here are the details.

The new FAFSA, or Free Application for Federal Student Aid, has remained mostly inaccessible to the public since "soft" launching online on December 30. But the hours it's accessible are getting ...
Forbes

Low-Income And Minority Students Aren’t Filling Out FAFSA—Which Could Mean Fewer Go To College

Fewer high school seniors could be headed to college this fall after a new “chaotic" and "beyond frustrating” FAFSA process appears to have led to a drop in the number of students applying for federal ...
CNN

Why families applying for financial aid may initially have trouble with the new FAFSA

When the FAFSA is paused, families may not be able to start or resume work on the form, which will be used to determine financial aid eligibility for the 2024-25 academic year. The form is expected to ...