An hours-long outage Wednesday on StudentAid.gov, the federal website for student loans and financial aid, underscored the risks in rapidly gutting the Department of Education, as President Donald Trump aims to dismantle the agency.
Starting midday Wednesday, dozens of visitors to StudentAid.gov reported outages to Downdetector. The National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators, a group of people who handle colleges' financial aid awards, said it had received reports of users experiencing technical issues and having trouble completing the FAFSA, a form that's required for financial aid at colleges nationwide.
