Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Robert Farrington writes about higher education and student loans. The Free Application for Federal Student Aid is usually the ...

Middle-class families will face the brunt of changes to how the U.S. Department of Education calculates federal financial aid eligibility for college students using the newest version of the FAFSA ...

The FAFSA application to receive college financial aid for the 2025-2026 school year is officially open. It comes a year after the botched rollout of a new form last year delayed the application for ...

The New FAFSA Is No Sweat The Free Application for Federal Student Aid used to be so long that the now-retired Sen. Lamar ...

The student financial aid application is expected to be ready by Dec. 1, two months later than usual. Experts offer some tips on what to do in the meantime. By Ann Carrns Applying for college ...

The choice to attend college isn’t just one decision. It’s a whole matrix of considerations, each one a crucial part of the journey to pressing submit on an application form. Perhaps, none is more ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — 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 ...

In addition to the new form, the federal government will expand eligibility for federal aid in the biggest overhaul in decades. By Ann Carrns A long-awaited, supposedly user-friendly version of the ...

Penn has changed its financial aid application for the fall 2024 admissions cycle to make the process easier for applicants. The five changes, which Penn Admissions announced in a blog post on Monday, ...