The FAFSA is now open with thousands of students already applying to secure college financial aid. This is much earlier than the last two FAFSA cycles after an overhaul of the application process ...

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, ...

Education Secretary Miguel Cardona sent a letter to governors Tuesday outlining recommendations to help increase completion of Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) forms and ease stress on ...

A new, streamlined federal financial aid form is coming soon – but when, exactly, is still up in the air. The Department of Education recently announced that the overhauled Free Application for ...

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 ...

This year's college financial aid process was supposed to be easier, after the U.S. Department of Education revamped the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, or FAFSA, last year. Vanessa Cordova ...

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 ...

Richard Cordray, a top Education Department official, signs his performance contract, which says implementing the FAFSA Simplification Act is his first priority – higher than student loan relief.

Families and students will have to wait even longer for financial aid offers from colleges and universities. On Tuesday, the U.S. Department of Education announced yet another delay in the ...