Per the Fafsa, legal guardianship is when a student is under the court-ordered care of someone other than a parent or stepparent Becca Stanek is a contributor to Buy Side and an expert on insurance, ...

There are two important rules about getting federal aid for college: You must apply for it and the sooner you do, the better. The process starts by filing the Free Application for Federal Student Aid ...

The U.S. Department of Education is rolling out a faster, easier way for students to apply for federal financial aid. Beginning with the upcoming application cycle, the new FAFSA system will include ...

This year's college financial aid process was supposed to be easier, after the U.S. Department of Education revamped the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, or FAFSA, last year. Vanessa Cordova ...

The new FAFSA, or Free Application for Federal Student Aid, has remained mostly inaccessible to the public since "soft" launching online on December 30. But the hours it's accessible are getting ...

When the FAFSA is paused, families may not be able to start or resume work on the form, which will be used to determine financial aid eligibility for the 2024-25 academic year. The form is expected to ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Preston Cooper writes about the economics of higher education. Future historians may struggle to wrap their heads around how the ...

Richard Cordray, a top Education Department official, signs his performance contract, which says implementing the FAFSA Simplification Act is his first priority – higher than student loan relief.