(Stacker) - Applying for federal student aid has always been a necessary process, but never a simple one. This year, the federal government rolled out a new, supposedly simplified version of the ...

The rollout of the so-called "Simplified FAFSA" has been anything but "simple." Congress passed the FAFSA Simplification Act in late 2020, giving the Department of Education (ED) a clear mandate to ...

DAVENPORT, Iowa — Right now, students applying to college are filling out the FAFSA, or Free Application for Student Aid. The application portal opened in November after weeks of testing. The chaotic ...

Anyone who has applied for college financial aid knows the daunting task of filling out the FAFSA, officially known as the Free Application for Federal Student Aid. As a candidate, Barack Obama ...