How mass buyouts and layoffs at Trump's U.S. Department of Education might impact millions of students, teachers and ...

The Studentaid.gov website was down for hours on Wednesday after the Education Department laid off half its workforce.

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The US Department of Education has cut 50% of its staff, raising concerns about the impact on student loans, financial aid, ...

An hours-long outage on StudentAid.gov, the federal website for student loans and financial aid, has underscored the risks in rapidly gutting the Department of Education.

The Department of Education doesn't oversee school curriculums, but it does offer a range of services affecting millions of ...

Children of undocumented immigrants are navigating college financial aid forms and worrying about their families’ futures.

Paying for education or training beyond high school can be daunting for students and families, but it doesn’t have to be.

The end of the school year is about three months away, so now is the time for students to get their Free Application for Student Aid (FAFSA) turned in. Dr. Laura Latta, who is the executive ...

The 2025-2026 FAFSA introduces major updates designed to streamline the application process and expand financial aid opportunities. Key changes include a simplified 36-question form, the ...

Choosing to file the FAFSA does not mean a student or parent is agreeing to pay anything, experts say. “You are simply providing your financial information,” Wood says. “By signing the FAFSA ...

Those staffers talk to students and families about everything from what loans and grants are available, to the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA), and repayment options after graduation.