"When Congress passed the FAFSA Simplification Act in 2020, it was intended to make the process of filing the Free Application for Federal Student Aid form easier and more streamlined for low-income students hoping to attend college. But last week, Republicans and Democrats alike voiced their displeasure with delays and glitches in the U.S. Department of Education’s FAFSA rollout," NC Newsline reports.

..."Different institutions will weather the FAFSA storm in different ways, said Justin Draeger, president of the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators.

'Some will come out relatively unscathed, but others may never recover. Smaller colleges with fewer resources are not only the least able to work within the compressed time frame the department’s delays have forced on them; they are also the most sensitive to enrollment drops,' warned Draeger."

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Publication Date: 4/15/2024