"There were just days left to process a batch of federal financial aid applications when Education Department officials made a fateful discovery: 70,000 emails from students all over the country, containing reams of essential data," The New York Times reports.

... "But the task ahead is monumental. The department is working with 5.7 million applications that are in so far, but more than 10 million additional ones are expected to roll in as students make their way through the process, which is still not functioning without delays."

"'Financial aid offices across the country are hanging on by their fingernails at this point,' said Justin Draeger, the chief executive of the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators."

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Publication Date: 3/13/2024