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Fires, floods and hurricanes have caused incalculable damage to different parts of the country over the past decade, and they appear to be getting worse. The wildfires in California are just the ...

In a typical year, the start of May would mark the end of the college application process, with most incoming freshmen knowing where they were going in the fall. This year, though, has been anything ...

NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer talks with Eric Hoover, reporter at The Chronicle of Higher Education, about how last year's chaotic rollout of the FAFSA is affecting colleges and universities. We are far past ...

Students across the United States have encountered issues applying for federal college grants and loans after a new version of the federal student aid application, known as the FAFSA, underwent ...

The 2025-2026 FAFSA asks for prior-prior year tax information. In most cases, people have already filed their 2023 taxes and can transfer their tax information directly into the FAFSA using the IRS ...

We are now a month into the spring semester. I hope these first few weeks have been a time for all of you to find a certain sense of learning rhythm and equilibrium, including the opportunity to ...