"The information that colleges and universities need to prepare financial aid offers for the millions of students who want to attend those institutions started to arrive at the campuses two weeks ago – about three months behind schedule," El Paso Matters reports.

... "Justin Draeger, president and CEO of the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators, called this the department’s latest unforced error."

"'At this stage in the game and after so many delays, every error adds up and will be felt acutely by every student who is counting on need-based financial aid to make their postsecondary dreams a reality,' Draeger said in a prepared statement."

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Publication Date: 3/26/2024