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 ...

About 6.6 million federal student loan borrowers were 24 years or younger as of September 2025. These borrowers held about $94 billion in student loan debt, with the average borrower in this age group ...

(WTAJ) — U.S. Representative Glenn Thompson (PA-15) introduced a bill on Thursday that aims to mitigate student aid fraud. Scammers have been found to use stolen or fake identities to claim financial ...

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 ...

Although student aid is not impacted by the government shutdown, some local college officials say they are concerned that any FAFSA system hiccups could go unaddressed without people available to help ...

Federal education officials say an aggressive overhaul of student-aid security has stopped more than $1 billion in fraudulent applications in the first year of President Donald Trump’s second term — a ...

Time is growing short for parents of high school seniors (and those returning to college for the 2026-27 school year) to file ...

Many financial aid advisers are worried that the Trump administration’s latest effort to bolster identity verification in the student aid system could have unintended consequences. Instead of simply ...

“American citizens have to present an ID to purchase a ticket to travel or to rent a car – it’s only right that they should present an ID to access tens of thousands of taxpayer dollars to fund their ...

Students starting college next year will face a dramatically different federal financial aid system than the one their older siblings and parents encountered, experts say, due to changes enacted this ...

The deadline for students to apply for financial aid in California is approaching. Learn about the different applications and what's needed to apply.