Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Robert Farrington writes about higher education and student loans. The Free Application for Federal Student Aid is usually the ...

A student age 24 or older by Dec. 31 of the award year is considered independent for federal financial aid purposes.

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

Financial aid is any form of funding that helps a student pay for college, such as a Pell Grant, loan or merit-based ...

Supreme Court Justice Brandeis was a champion of civil rights and social justice, and his commitment to these principles is shared by the university that bears his name. While an education at Brandeis ...

Students who are US citizens or permanent residents may apply for financial aid through the process described below. International students are not eligible for need-based aid but are eligible for ...

In addition to the new form, the federal government will expand eligibility for federal aid in the biggest overhaul in decades. By Ann Carrns A long-awaited, supposedly user-friendly version of the ...

Students and families will have to complete the already stressful process of choosing what college to attend under tighter deadlines and greater uncertainty than ever this year. The source of this ...