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

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

Another series of hiccups this financial aid cycle has deferred institutions from assisting needy families four to five months than in years past.

"FAFSA Simplification is going to make this the most complicated year we have seen perhaps ever," says Maureen Anderson, a former director of financial aid at Santa Fe College (Fla.). In addition, there are Title IX changes coming in October.

FAS found that only about 25% of institutions are satisfied with existing financial aid services. Recent national developments will only exacerbate the problem.

Presidents, provosts and non-profits worry how the Supreme Court's decision will affect diversity in STEM, deplete liberal arts education's value and hurt our society as a whole.

The final round of HEERF funding stabilized institutions of higher education, supporting students' needs and braking operational downturns.

The Government Accountability Office has found that 90% of colleges "understate or don't include the net price" in financial aid offers.

Did the $77 billion given by Congress to institutions of higher education during the COVID-19 pandemic, including a large portion earmarked for students, really...