Data analysis and higher education policy researchers have long called for more-detailed race and ethnicity data to better ...

There's one form prospective and current college students must submit in order to receive federal financial aid, and it looks a lot different than in prior years. The Free Application for Federal ...

NEW YORK (AP) — The Free Application for Federal Student Aid for the 2026-27 school year has opened for a limited number of students as part of a beta test, the Department of Education says. The ...

A FAFSA applicant says she was asked to specify her “type of white” while completing the federal financial aid form, calling ...

The state requirement encourages seniors to fill out FAFSA, just to see what kind of financial aid is available.

The federal financial aid form known as the FAFSA is expected to be made available to the public on time this year. Normally, that wouldn’t be news, but after a couple of chaotic years, it is notable.

A temporary freeze imposed briefly this week by the White House on federal grants and loans left many students wondering about the impact to the FAFSA form used to apply for financial aid. President ...

To the early birds go the money, which is often the case when it comes to college financial aid. Since the Free Application ...

KSHB 41 reporter Rachel Henderson covers neighborhoods in Wyandotte and Leavenworth counties. Share your story idea with Rachel. The Free Application for Federal Student Aid opened earlier than ...

WASHINGTON -- The Department of Education has found another problem impacting some college financial aid forms that could further delay students' aid awards, leaving them in limbo as they decide where ...

Students going to college or trade school next year can start the financial aid process now. Since some financial aid is awarded by schools on a first-come, first-served basis, getting a jump on the ...

The FAFSA, for Free Application for Federal Student Aid, is the gateway to federal aid for education after high school, including grants, which don’t need to be repaid, and low-cost student loans.