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How Department of Education cuts have tested financial aid offices

Confusion, delays and strain pile up in financial aid offices following staff reductions at the Department of Education.

Why students in need don’t complete the FAFSA and other scholarships

While FAFSA filing rates are rising, many lower-income students are attending college without tapping into the full array of financial aid resources available to them.

How to help reduced financial aid offices better support students

Financial aid offices are buckling under rising demands and shrinking resources, impacting student services, according to a five-year report from NASFAA.

Private colleges continue to best their tuition discount rates

Early projections indicate that tuition discounts for first-time undergraduates during the 2024-25 academic year rose to 56.3%, according to this NACUBO survey.

Here’s how reduced ED staffing has hurt financial aid offices

College and university financial aid offices strained, underequipped and slower at assisting students with FAFSA requests since the Trump administration cut staffing at the Department of Education.

Feds want advice on deregulating financial aid system

Trump administration and the Department of Education are welcoming education stakeholders to provide insight on streamlining student loans.

Strong feelings are emerging about Trump’s executive order

From "creative destruction" to "political theater," education leaders have expressed various viewpoints about the possible dissolution of the Department of Education.

Here is one big way the private sector can step up amid shrinking federal support

Institutions will need to seek more partners in the private philanthropic space to help support student financial aid. Income-based loans are one way to maximize contributions, according to these nonprofit leaders.

Why the short-term Pell offers limited yet promising results

Despite stronger enrollment and completion rates, students offered the experimental aid package underperformed in these three areas.

One free tuition program is shattering application records

Tennessee high schoolers' historic interest in community and technical colleges comes during a nationwide decline in undergraduate enrollment among first-year students this fall.