A few days before winter break, Lynda McGee, a college counselor at Downtown Magnets High School in Los Angeles Unified, got an unexpected visit from a student's father. The man, a warehouse worker ...

There's one form prospective and current college students must submit in order to receive federal financial aid, and it's about to look a lot different. The Free Application for Federal Student Aid, ...

The Free Application for Federal Student Aid, known as the FAFSA, is underway for the 2026-2027 school year, beginning the ...

The newest FAFSA application is now available. The U.S. Department of Education released the 2025-26 Free Application for Federal Student Aid earlier than planned. It says its systems are ready and it ...

Overhead view of paper FAFSA application forms. This year, the disastrous rollout of the new Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) has derailed the college plans of many low-income students ...

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Some college students may not be able to pay for tuition, books and other bills when classes start in a few weeks due to the latest hiccup in submitting FAFSA forms to the U.S. Department of Education ...

Families can now access the 2025-2026 Free Application For Federal Student Aid, or FAFSA, earlier than expected, but it comes on the heels of a disastrous revised rollout last year. The U.S.

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