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FAFSA Glitch Imperils Financial Aid for 200,000 Students

A rushed attempt to simplify the financial aid form has led to persistent technical difficulties, frustrating families and colleges alike.

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Ed Department error may delay student financial aid further

Students may have to wait even longer for their financial aid award letters due to an Education Department error

WEKU

Board exams in Karnataka: Students in a fix

Sangeetha, a class 9 student in Bengaluru, expresses confusion as board exams for classes 5, 8, and 9 are postponed.

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Students With an Undocumented Parent Still Can't Fill Out the FAFSA Form

The updated FAFSA form has been marred with technical problems, leaving many students unable to complete the financial aid form entirely.

Reason

Biden Is Wrong About Student Debt Forgiveness

Biden claims that billions in loan forgiveness is "good for the economy," but his plans will end up costing taxpayers almost $500 billion.

Reason

SSC-failed students in Andhra Pradesh allowed to attend regular classes in schools

The Education Department of Andhra Pradesh will allow the students who failed the tenth-class examinations to attend regular classes in all schools in the State. The decision has been taken as part of the measures to check child marriages, Andhra Pradesh State Council of Educational Research and Training (APSCERT) Director…

The Hindu

Assam Assembly: Two opposition MLAs suspended during discussion on Education Department

Two Assam MLAs suspended for not following Speaker's ruling during debate on education anomalies in Assembly.

The Hindu

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Workaround to FAFSA glitch allows Texas students from immigrant families to apply for college aid

The workaround is meant to help students meet schools’ application deadlines. College counselors say it will lead to more work and confusion.

The Texas Tribune

The Biden Administration Has Forgiven Another $1.2 Billion in Federal Student Loans

This new wave of forgiveness shows how Biden can keep canceling student loans, even after his defeat at the Supreme Court last year.

Reason

Supreme Court weighs challenge to EPA rule; student loans wiped under SAVE plan

The Supreme Court considers whether to pause an EPA rule meant to reduce pollution that drifts across states. The Education Department canceled loans for nearly 153,000 borrowers on the SAVE plan.

WEKU

FAFSA Glitches May Keep Students From Getting Crucial Financial Aid Info

Persistent technical difficulties have made completing the financial aid form nearly impossible for many applicants.

Reason

Delhi schools to resume physical classes at regular timings from tomorrow

In view of the improved conditions in the national capital, the education department has ordered all government, government-aided and private schools to resume physical classes at their respective regular timings, starting tomorrow. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Andhra Pradesh Cabinet gives its nod to release DSC notification

Andhra Pradesh Cabinet gives its nod to release DSC notification. Ahead of the elections, the government decides to recruit 6,100 teachers in government schools, fill 689 vacancies in Forest Department, give bank guarantee to enable Discoms mobilise ₹1,500 crore loan, and rise the retirement age to 62 for non-teaching staff…

The Hindu

Exclusive: The Education Department says it will fix its $1.8 billion FAFSA mistake

The U.S. Department of Education says it will fix a mistake that would have hurt low-income students, lowering their financial aid.

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Some Americans will get their student loans canceled in February as Biden accelerates his new plan

The Biden administration will start canceling student loans for some borrowers starting in February as part of a new repayment plan

The Hindu

When civic apathy brings Bengaluru to a halt

The lack of coordination among civic agencies in Bengaluru leads to traffic congestion, insufficient parking, and other infrastructural problems.

WEKU

The FAFSA rollout has been rough on students. The biggest problem is yet to come

The Education Department has made a big mistake with this year's FAFSA — one that could cost students financial aid they're entitled to. It's now grappling with how to implement a fix.

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Biden Administration Withholds Payments from Student Loan Servicers

The Biden administration is withholding over million in payments to student loan servicers that failed to send timely billing statements after the pande...

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Biden administration cuts pay for student loan servicers after a bungled return to repayment

The Biden administration is docking more than $2 million in payments to student loan servicers that failed to send billing statements on time after the end of a pandemic payment freeze

WEKU

FAFSA delays are straining families and colleges

This year's federal aid form is new and improved. But it came three months later than normal, and in its first week, online access has been unpredictable.

Reason

The FAFSA 'Soft Launch' Was a Confusing, Glitchy Disaster

While the new version of the financial aid form was supposed to simplify the process, it has instead been riddled with technical problems and considerable delays.

The Independent UK

What to know about changes to this year's FAFSA application for college students

A new version of the federal student aid application known as the FAFSA is available for the 2024-2025 school year, but only on a limited basis as the U.S. Department of Education works on a redesign meant to make it easier to apply

Dynamite News

Delhi LG approves revival of 29 posts of Principal, Dy Education Officer

Delhi Lieutenant Governor (LG), Vinai Kumar Saxena, on Saturday approved the revival of 29 posts of Principal/Deputy Education Officer for the Department of Education, GNCTD, which were lying vacant during the period 2019 to 2021 in Delhi-government-run schools. Read further on Dynamite News:

WEKU

Student loan forgiveness isn't dead yet, and other takeaways from 2023

What to make of all the student loan news this year? We have three takeaways, and a literary analogy (it's NPR afterall).

WEKU

A story of student loan forgiveness, 20 years in the making

More than 900,000 federal student loan borrowers are seeing their loans erased after being in repayment for two decades or more.

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