Financial News

The pandemic may have derailed your plans for making higher ed affordable, but help is available By Penelope Wang, ConsumerReports.com, May 19, 2020 The coronavirus pandemic arrived just as many college students and their parents were finalizing plans for attending...

By Jessica Dickler, CBNC.com, April 30, 2020 If you got a refund from college for room and board or other expenses, consider yourself lucky. But beware of the potential tax bite. As colleges and universities across the U.S. remain closed in an effort to slow the...

Students and their families can begin filling out the federal form as early as Oct. 1. By Farran Powell, USNews.com, September 10, 2018 Many schools and states use the FAFSA to determine student aid. The Free Application for Federal Student Aid, commonly known as...

Don't delay completing this important financial aid form because of misconceptions about information it requires. By Meghan Lustig, USNews.com, April 29, 2020 IF YOU HAVE NOT YET submitted your Free Application for Federal Student Aid, known as the FAFSA, you may have...

By Andrew Kreighbaum, Blommberg Government, April 17, 2020 College financial aid offices are bracing for a spike in appeals from students finding that the aid packages they were offered for next year are no longer enough after the coronavirus pandemic cost their...