There's one form prospective and current college students must submit in order to receive federal financial aid, and it's about to look a lot different. The Free Application for Federal Student Aid, ...

With the passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB), drastic changes are coming to federal student loan programs. One major change is the new loan limits for Parent PLUS Loans beginning July 1, 2026 ...

With U.S. student loan debt sitting at roughly $1.8 trillion, college affordability is top of mind for many parents and ...

These colleges offer the most generous financial aid, lower tuition costs and strong scholarship support, according to The Princeton Review.

When people say “it takes a village,” they could just as easily be talking about paying for college in the United States. The idea of covering tuition with savings from an after-school job is long ...

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The Trump administration is attempting to move supervision of federal student loan debt to the Treasury Department from the Education Department.

It is noteworthy that Scott-Clayton and her colleagues didn’t have the same reaction when the entire financial aid system broke down under the Biden administration. This caused massive delays and ...