Ken Corbin is fixing the phone lines — but those foreboding letters are staying the same.

The wait will make it difficult for many schools to finalize financial aid packages, despite already offering admissions to high school seniors.

Experts are already encouraging students and parents to exchange usernames and passwords to expedite aid applications. One problem: It’s not legal.

FAFSA, S.A.I., N.P.C., CSS — the acronyms never end. And that’s just the beginning of the mayhem.

The new, simplified version of the college student aid form was supposed to become available in December. It was, kind of, for some people.

When banks close checking and credit-card accounts because of “suspicious activity,” chaos and anxiety ensue. It doesn’t have to be this way.

One reason this fraud is rampant: Open forums where anyone can buy checks that thieves have taken from the mail.

Despite writing a best seller that became a hit Netflix series, Ms. Land says she still worries about her job security.

A start-up used the Hebrew word “chai” and its numerical match, 18, to bump up giving amounts. What magic number would do the same for...

The administration proposed to use its “compromise and settlement” powers under the Higher Education Act of 1965. But what does that mean?