When people say “it takes a village,” they could just as easily be talking about paying for college in the United States. The idea of covering tuition with savings from an after-school job is long ...

Most families accept the first number they see. Smart families know that number is often just the opening bid.

Americans who want to upskill or try a new career may soon be able to apply for federal financial aid for workforce ...

Students applying to the University of Wisconsin-Madison will soon need to complete a second, longer financial aid application if they want a share of the millions of dollars in financial aid the ...

Students starting college next year will face a dramatically different federal financial aid system than the one their older siblings and parents encountered, experts say, due to changes enacted this ...

Paying for education or training beyond high school can be daunting for students and families, but it doesn’t have to be. The Free Application for Federal Student Aid, also known as the FAFSA, is the ...

When Congress failed to fund the government at the beginning of October, students seeking federal financial aid were plunged into a bureaucratic nightmare. As political leaders bicker over a spending ...

California colleges are worried that new federal measures seeking to crack down on financial aid fraud, which has stolen millions in grants, could result in the unintended consequence of fewer ...