Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This article was originally published in EducationNC. The U.S. Department of Education (DOE) officially released the 2025–26 Free ...

The FAFSA application to receive college financial aid for the 2025-2026 school year is officially open. It comes a year after the botched rollout of a new form last year delayed the application for ...

Students and their families, along with college financial aid administrators, hoped the 2025-26 school year would be a return to normalcy. It doesn't look like that will be the case. The Department of ...

The Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) has long been a crucial form for students seeking financial assistance for their higher education journey. As we approach the 2025-2026 academic ...

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It’s FAFSA — the Free Application for Federal Student Aid — season again. And for some applicants, the memories of last year’s troubled rollout may still be fresh. During the 2023–24 FAFSA cycle, the ...

SAINT LOUIS, Mo. — Getting financial aid for college students has been a fiasco. Last year, the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) got a makeover, but it came with several tech issues ...

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.