This decision grows out of the high number of errors and delays associated with the federal government’s introduction of a simplified FAFSA.
Massachusetts students will get another two months to secure guaranteed financial aid for higher education through the state’s largest program.
Problems with the new FAFSA have resulted in fewer students applying for college financial aid, which could impact enrollment decisions for the fall.
Here & Now's Robin Young speaks with Jill Schlesinger, CBS News business
AUSTIN, Texas >> Police tangled with student demonstrators in Texas and California while new encampments sprouted Wednesday at Harvard and other colleges as school leaders sought ways to defuse a growing wave of pro-Palestinian protests.
The delayed rollout of a new FAFSA has caused troubles for Arkansas students, parents, and colleges and universities.
A former California State Parks employee is seeking roughly $4 million in a lawsuit alleging the agency discriminated against him for his Mexican heritage, prevented him from moving up in the ranks and failed to accommodate a disability, describing the case as a wake-up call for entrenched racism among some top brass. Angel Alba, a former maintenance supervisor and worker at several state parks in Malibu, filed the suit in 2018 in Los Angeles County Superior Court against the agency and his...
The Department of Education just shared the first draft of the proposal’s rules, and there’s a lot to break down.
Amid FAFSA delays, a growing number of colleges and universities have postponed their enrollment deadlines for students waiting on award letters.
Chairman of the Russian State Duma Committee on the Financial Market Anatoly Aksakov stated that digital financial assets, issued by institutions regulated by the central bank, could replace fiat channels for international settlements. Aksakov also acknowledged that while not being controlled for this use case, digital assets were already being used to settle international payments. […]
People with certain federal student loans have until Tuesday to consolidate them and qualify for debt cancellation. The Department of Education is reviewing over 40 million loan accounts and issuing credit for past payments that previously didn’t count toward forgiveness. Also in this episode: a look at the latest inflation reading, Americans’ savings habits and pop-up coworking spaces.
The FBI requested documents from the treasurer's office as part of a federal grand jury subpoena involving a case that has not yet been made public.