The Latest Breaking News from Financial Aid

Challenges faced by low-income students with FAFSA due to delays and glitches affecting financial aid access.

The French government is appealing to the European Commission for €120 million in financial aid to destroy 30,000 hectares of French vineyards, mostly in the Bordeaux region. The sector has seen a significant drop in both domestic and overseas sales, stemming in part from changing drinking habits.

From calling the financial aid office, to setting up a separate email, being prepared may be the best way to tackle FAFSA filing season

If you pay tuition for someone else directly to a college, graduate school, preschool or private school, that money is not subject to the gift tax.

After a long summer of technical glitches, most of America’s prospective college students finally applied for federal financial aid — an annual process upended by a redesign-gone-bad

Many college students don’t have enough time for their studies. This “time poverty,” as we call it, is often due to inadequate child care access or the need to work to pay for college and living expenses.

Delays in the new FAFSA led students to take out debt, enroll in community college over their top-choice universities or opt out of going to college.

What to know about PLUS loans: Parents can borrow up to the cost of a child’s education, but interest rates are steep.

Learn about the phased release of FAFSA for 2025-2026 to improve the application process and financial aid distribution.

Britain needs to rethink financial support, a leading US congressman has told The Independent

The head of upcoming climate negotiations is telling world leaders that a new financial aid package for poor and disaster-struck nations is the urgent and make-or-break goal of United Nations talks this fall