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State financial aid continues to expand within higher education, allowing money to go to eligible illegal immigrant students.

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

The Trump administration moved Thursday to block illegal immigrants from accessing taxpayer-funded aid to enroll in educational programs and receive health care benefits. The departments of Education, ...

The Education Department said a beta test of the 2026-27 Free Application for Federal Student Aid is already underway. Starting on Sept. 1, anyone can request to participate in the second phase of ...

Newly minted high school graduates listen to speeches from their classmates during commencement exercises on June 12, 2025, at Kiwanis Field in La Porte, Ind. For the first time this year, high school ...

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 ...