Listen to the article 3 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: Senators from both sides of the aisle are pushing the U.S. Department of Education to delay implementation of its gainful employment rule amid a rocky release of the Free Application for Federal Student Aid. In…
Listen to the article 9 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. As the stress of this year’s college application process seems never-ending, high schools have ramped up communications to high school seniors and their parents, offered extra supports to navigate the college admission process, and tried to defuse…
Listen to the article 2 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: The U.S. Department of Education said Tuesday that it began transmitting Free Application for Federal Student Aid data to colleges over the weekend. The department said it has started sending larger batches of FAFSA applicant…
Listen to the article 3 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: Roughly 1.1 million high school seniors submitted a Free Application for Federal Student Aid through late February, down 38% compared to the same time last year, according to a recent analysis from the National College…
Listen to the article 3 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: Federal financial aid delays will be most challenging to colleges that enroll significant numbers of low-income students and those who qualify for Pell Grants, S&P Global Ratings said this week. The U.S. Department of Education…
Listen to the article 5 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. The U.S. Department of Education announced Tuesday it will reduce verification requirements this year for the Free Application for Federal Student Aid amid the rocky release of the updated form. The adjustments are intended to make it…
Dive Brief: Roughly 676,000 high school seniors submitted a Free Application for Federal Student Aid through late January, fewer than half the number who had sent in the form by the same time last year, according to an analysis from the National College Attainment Network. The decline comes during — and presumably because of —…
Listen to the article 4 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. The U.S. Department of Education announced Monday that it plans to send federal financial aid personnel to lower-resourced colleges to help smooth the rollout of the new Free Application for Federal Student Aid. The Education Department released…
Listen to the article 4 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: Some colleges are pushing back their enrollment, application and financial aid deadlines after the U.S. Department of Education announced it wouldn’t transmit Free Application for Federal Student Aid information to colleges until March. Kalamazoo College,…
Listen to the article 2 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: Nine higher education organizations are urging colleges to extend their decision deadlines beyond May 1 for prospective students amid further financial aid delays by the U.S. Department of Education. On Tuesday, the Education Department said…