Trump education official exposes $1 billion student aid fraud scheme, with California and Minnesota identified as hubs for ...

On Jan. 16, 2026, Federal Student Aid (FSA) announced that it will no longer enforce a rule requiring ownership entities, including corporations ...

A Detroit woman due in federal court this week is accused of running a decade-long scheme that used other people’s identities ...

Richard Lucas has been appointed as the chief operating officer of the U.S. Department of Education Office of Federal Student ...

PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) — School just started, but we’re already looking ahead to the 2026-27 school year, with the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, or FAFSA, officially set to open Oct. 1, ...

The information on the FAFSA is used to determine eligibility for federal financial aid, like work-study and federal student loans, as well as aid from the state and the college itself. These include ...

DETROIT – Two Detroiters were arrested and are facing federal charges for allegedly stealing millions in federal student loans in separate schemes. Michelle Hill and Brandon Robinson are facing wire ...

Investigators say the scams ran for 10 years. In some cases, would-be students were complicit in the scam. Federal investigators say two Detroiters created separate fraud schemes to bilk more than $12 ...

Although student aid is not impacted by the government shutdown, some local college officials say they are concerned that any FAFSA system hiccups could go unaddressed without people available to help ...

To the early birds go the money, which is often the case when it comes to college financial aid. Since the Free Application ...

The Education Department is on track to release the 2026–27 Free Application for Federal Student Aid by Oct. 1, but a government watchdog warned this week that future forms are at risk of technical ...