After the Education Department slashed its workforce in half last week, current and former staffers are uncertain key ...

Cracks are starting to appear in the federal financial aid apparatus after the Trump administration imposed sweeping staff ...

“For example, whether this happened to FAFSA staffing, we’re really not in a place where we can say that with clarity or ...

Staffing cuts are already causing issues but you should submit the FAFSA if you need help paying for college. Here's how to do it. Dawn Allcot is a full-time freelance writer, content marketing ...

But remaining Office of Federal Student Aid staff, college-access advocates and financial aid officers say that deep cuts at FSA, which oversees the FAFSA, could undermine its capacity to fix ...

More than 600 positions have been eliminated from the U.S. Department of Education's Federal Student Aid office, internal ...

Staffing reductions have not hit the Department ... "No employees working on the FAFSA or student loan servicing were impacted by the reduction in force," Madi Biedermann, a spokesperson for ...

If the Department of Education is closed, what does that mean for FAFSA ... because of the staffing cuts, you should expect delays if you have any questions or issues with your application ...

To fix last year's issues, the 2025-2026 FAFSA was also delayed ... To support filers, the U.S. Department of Education increased staffing at the Federal Student Aid Information Center and ...

“When significant issues arise ... rollout of the 2024-25 FAFSA, which was riddled with technical errors and delays, financial aid officers at colleges worry the staffing cuts could throw ...