The Department of Education said it has blocked nearly $200 million in fraudulent federal student aid since launching a new ...

So-called ghost students have been stealing financial aid for at least a decade. Now the Department of Education and Congress ...

Financial aid offices risk falling behind on AI adoption: Low AI use in financial aid can limit improvements at one of the earliest and most important student-family touchpoints. AI can improve ...

FAFSA reform was Senator Lamar Alexander’s final legislative bow. ED did as little as possible to honor it, then everything ...

The Department of Education has finished significant simplification improvements to the Free Application for Federal Student ...

The bill passed with bipartisan support in an effort to address a nationwide scheme costing taxpayers and the federal government millions of dollars.

Key Points ・The House passed the No Aid for Ghost Students Act (H.R. 7892) on June 10, 2026, by a vote of 249–172, requiring the Department of Education to screen every FAFSA for signs of identity ...

Nearly 40 Democrats voted for the GOP-led bill. The bill safeguards against fraudulent “ghost students,” which lawmakers say have cost taxpayers millions of dollars by applying for federal student aid ...

Higher education institutions should stop asking which artificial intelligence (AI) tool to buy and instead develop an ...

The college is offering two financial aid-eligible certificates designed to prepare students for careers in the rapidly ...

This is Maharashtra’s fourth farm loan waiver since 2017 — in itself an admission that despite three previous efforts, the ...