As a teenager, Fernanda wanted her time in college to be like what she saw in movies. She wanted to attend a big university – one with name recognition – and live in a dormitory. She achieved that dream in 2015, but because she is undocumented, the experience came with a hefty price tag. At […]
Financial Aid
Posted inTampa Bay
Pinellas put a college and career center in every high school. It’s working.
The program has students thinking ahead, with more of them filling out their federal student aid forms.
Posted inIndianapolis
The new FAFSA application: Everything you need to know to get money.
Major changes coming to the Free Application for Federal Student Aid form include expanded eligibility, a streamlined application process and tax information.
Posted inColorado
Counselors welcome the Better FAFSA. But its delay might have consequences for students.
The updated FAFSA will be released Dec. 31. In a typical year, the government releases it in October.
Posted inTexas
Experts advise students to prepare for December launch of ‘Better’ FAFSA
In Texas, the high school classes of 2021 and 2022 left almost $886 million in Pell Grants unclaimed by not completing the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, better known as FAFSA. That is in spite of the state’s mandatory FAFSA completion policy that started during the 2021-22 academic year. Results of an Urban Institute study published […]
Posted inPittsburgh
The Pittsburgh Promise helped thousands of students pay for college. As costs rise, the funding is going away.
Since its founding in 2008, The Pittsburgh Promise has helped nearly 12,000 students to attend college by funneling $170 million into fees, tuition and living expenses. But in a few years that funding will dry up.
Posted inTampa Bay
Floridians pass up $300M in college aid each year. Why that could change.
Improvements to the federal application process are underway.
Posted inChicago
Parents who took on debt for their children’s college education restart payments this month
Freddie Ramos took out $20,000 in loans to pay for his son’s degree. The family is cutting back on expenses as a three-year payment pause ends.
Posted inChicago
In three years, she paid down $27,000 in student loan debt. Just $10,000 left to go.
Taking advantage of the three-year pause on payments, Brianna Kidd, a 30-year-old college grad, worked two jobs and lived with her dad to do it.
Posted inColorado
How CU Boulder is offering free college to some engineering students
The program is significant because students from low-income backgrounds are underrepresented in STEM fields, and STEM degrees often lead to the kind of high-paying jobs that can change the economic trajectory of entire families.