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How FAFSA complications are disproportionately affecting Black students
NPR· 3 days agoThis is especially the case for Black students because, according to the Department of Education, 70-90% of them rely on FAFSA to go to college. So what ...
Quad-Cities students earn local, state and national scholarships and awards
Quad-City Times· 2 days agoTwo local high schoolers are National Merit Scholars, and two college students made the All-Illinois...
Zombie colleges roam the internet, here's how to spot a legitimate, living university
USA Today· 6 days agoA USA TODAY investigation has exposed websites set up for closed universities posing as viable ...
A bungled FAFSA rollout threatens students' college ambitions
Stacker via AOL· 6 days agoChalkbeat reports that with college decision deadlines looming, thousands of high school seniors are...
Student loan interest rates set to reach 16-year high
ABC Action News Tampa Bay· 5 days agoThe borrowing cost for student loans is soon poised to reach a 16-year high. Financial aid expert...
My Student Loan Funeral Went Viral — Here’s What Life Has Been Like Since
Teen Vogue via Yahoo Finance· 1 day agoIOU is a series exploring the impact of the student debt crisis on the day-to-day lives of young...
A Pause for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program
New York Times· 5 days agoEducation Department has temporarily stopped processing applications and other forms as it updates its systems and deals with problems plaguing the program. The Education Department has paused ...
Protesters, colleges are about to find out that, yes, the law DOES apply to them, too
New York Post· 2 days agoThe campus protesters, and to some degree the universities where they protested, seem to have...
Piecing together the puzzle of college financial aid
Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune· 2 days agoThere's been a lot of drama this spring for families seeking college financial aid. The trouble stems from a revamp of the Free Application for Federal ...
Revenue and rankings: Inside the multibillion-dollar industry shaping college admissions.
Market Watch· 1 day agoThe book says that universities invite students to apply to schools even if it’s unlikely they’ll...