Colleges and universities are facing a new fraud tactic that has made them more susceptible to digital theft. Known as ghost ...

In 2025, the Community College of Philadelphia said it had more than 600 fraudulent applications, which is roughly 5% of all ...

California’s community colleges are dealing with a ghost problem, and it has nothing to do with haunted dorms. "Ghost ...

For many students, looking for financial support for school is challenging. Different applications, different requirements, ...

Investigators say the scams ran for 10 years. In some cases, would-be students were complicit in the scam. Federal investigators say two Detroiters created separate fraud schemes to bilk more than $12 ...

Two Detroit residents are accused of stealing more than $12 million from the U.S. Department of Education through fraudulent federal student aid applications. The FBI, the U.S. Department of Education ...

Student loan debt isn't being shouldered equally by all age groups, with millennials and Gen X borrowers having particularly ...

The Free Application for Federal Student Aid, known as the FAFSA, is underway for the 2026-2027 school year, beginning the ...

BYU’s “Cougar Pell Promise” is a “last-dollar in commitment” program to cover — or top off — the member tuition amount after other free aid resources had been applied, according to BYU. “Free aid” ...

Students are not the only ones who enjoyed a reprieve during the nearly five-year pause on federal student loan payments. Colleges also got a break from a rule that bars them from the federal student ...

The bill would prevent cuts enacted last legislative session that could affect 12,000 students attending private nonprofit ...