The application students use to apply for financial aid has undergone substantial changes for the fall 2024 and spring 2025 school year. The Department of Education has been implementing changes to ...

Rebecca Safier is a personal finance writer and certified student loan counselor who specializes in student debt, personal loans, and budgeting. Previously a senior writer for LendingTree and Student ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A tassel with a 2024 tassel rests on a graduate's mortar board The number of federal student financial aid forms filed by ...

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After a trouble-plagued application overhaul, U.S. Department of Education officials released next year’s Free Application for Federal Student Aid last week, more than a week before its Dec. 1 target ...

DoNotPay harnesses AI agents to facilitate procedural bureaucratic processes—most recently enabling students to apply for scholarships and financial aid. One of the most practical uses of AI has been ...

The FAFSA rollout in 2023 was a disaster. The college financial aid application used by millions of American families is now officially open for the 2025-2026 school year -- 10 days ahead of schedule.

High school students trying to assess what a college education might mean for their financial situation can get some clarity with a new app — one designed and built by fellow high schoolers. Called ...

Enrollment of first-year college students is down from a year ago, particularly at four-year schools that serve low-income students, according to a new report. Although more students are eligible for ...