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Richard Cordray Takes the Fall for FAFSA Fiasco
The Federal Student Aid chief and debt-relief czar is stepping down after months of criticism over the bungled FAFSA overhaul. But is now the right time for accountability?
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.
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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
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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.
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