The Free Application For Federal Student Aid is officially open, and so far, it looks like things are running smoother than last year, when there were significant delays and problems with the FAFSA.

This article was originally published in EducationNC. The U.S. Department of Education (DOE) officially released the 2025–26 Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) on Nov. 21, 10 days before ...

Just ahead of the official Dec. 1 launch date, the Department of Education announced all students and families can now access ...

Per the Fafsa, legal guardianship is when a student is under the court-ordered care of someone other than a parent or stepparent Written By Written by Contributor, Buy Side Becca Stanek is a ...

The Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) for the 2024-25 academic year has soft launched, following a three-month delay and its most significant redesign since the 1980s. On Dec. 30, the ...

Students and families finally have an idea of what to expect from the 2025-26 Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA), the form that unlocks federal students loans, grants, work-study and ...

The FAFSA is open and so far without the problems of the last two years, but for families who have had big income changes, the form is just the first step. Here is how you can appeal for more aid ...

Madison Marino Doan is a senior research associate in the Center for Education Policy at The Heritage Foundation. For high school seniors, fall brings excitement as they form plans to enter college or ...

Imagine you’re an 18-year-old who just graduated from high school. It’s a time to celebrate your accomplishments and begin to prepare for the next journey into adulthood. Attending college is part of ...

Most college-bound high school seniors have their college acceptance letters and now that the initial excitement has subsided, it’s time to plan for how to pay for it. Whether students will attend ...