In February, the department announced several new steps it was taking to help colleges process the new FAFSA forms and develop student aid awards. How the FAFSA has changed The FAFSA has long been due ...

Students and families may have to wait even longer for college financial aid offers this spring. The U.S. Education Department miscalculated financial need in almost 15% of the 1.5 million Free ...

A calculation error with the 2024-25 Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) sent incorrect data to colleges processing financial aid awards, impacting ...

An error in how the Education Department calculates financial aid threatens to leave some U.S. students with lower subsidy amounts for their secondary schooling this ...

Washington (CNN) — The Department of Education said Friday that it has identified a vendor’s calculation error impacting several hundred thousand financial aid ...