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Richard Cordray speaks into a microphone

Amid FAFSA Fallout, Head of Federal Student Aid Steps Down

Richard Cordray has been the target of much Republican criticism and faced calls to resign over the bungled launch of the new FAFSA.

For Pell Grants to Help Incarcerated Learners, Credits Must Transfer

Transfer advocates will be essential to improving credit mobility of higher education in prison programming.

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'Catastrophic Success' Threatens Army Education Benefits

Two of the Service's premier education benefits, Credential and Tuition Assistance, are under review. Higher ed advocates are concerned.

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After the FAFSA Quake, a Flood of Corrections

As delays to the FAFSA rollout piled up, so did an unusual number of errors, both on student forms and in the Education Department’s eligibility calculations.

Richard Cordray speaks into a microphone at a hearing in May 2023.

Republicans Find a Scapegoat for the FAFSA Mess

Calls for the ouster of Richard Cordray, head of the agency that developed and launched the troubled student-aid application, are growing louder. How did he become the conservatives’ culprit of choice?

Army Eyes Cuts to Popular Education Benefits

The U.S. Army is considering cuts to two of its education benefit programs, a decision that could impact up to...
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‘Game-Changing Crisis’: Lawmakers, Experts Vent FAFSA Frustrations

While one House committee probed the FAFSA mess Wednesday, another grilled Education Secretary Miguel Cardona about the disastrous rollout of the student-aid form.

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When FAFSA Completion Takes a Village

In New York City, completion rates for the revamped federal form are down a whopping 45 percent. City agencies, higher ed partners and advocacy groups are pooling their resources to get back on track.