Kelsey Mason is the associate director of regulatory and legislative affairs for the Education Finance Council, the trade ...

Student aid will continue to be disbursed, but some local college officials say they are concerned that FAFSA system hiccups could go unaddressed.

New borrowing limits and stricter repayment terms for federal financial aid are coming as part of President Donald Trump's ...

States awarded $18.6 billion in aid to students during the 2023–24 academic year, a 12 percent increase from the previous academic year, according to the National Association of State Student Grant ...

With the passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB), drastic changes are coming to federal student loan programs. One major change is the new loan limits for Parent PLUS Loans beginning July 1, 2026 ...

Applying for student aid can require almost as much work as an actual college course. Completing the Free Application for Federal Student Aid is a chore under the best of circumstances. Bureaucratic ...

The Education Department finally made fixes to FAFSA to make it less of a pain to apply for financial aid.

Sarah Sharkey is a contributor to Buy Side and expert on mortgages, insurance, student loans and money management. Kelly Larsen is an editor at Buy Side and expert on home buying, saving for ...

Effective for the 2025-26 aid year, students/parents will submit some financial aid forms through the Verification Documents Online. Document upload issues? If you are experiencing issues uploading ...

The University of Illinois system is telling its institutions they can’t consider race, color, national origin or sex in ...

Amid a public sector strike, Student Aid B.C.'s online application systems have been taken offline and payments delayed, leaving students uncertain about funding.

Scammers using fake identities flooded California colleges with fraudulent applications to steal financial aid money. New AI ...