FAFSA ‘train wreck’ rollout snares students in uncertainty. What went wrong?
Millions of prospective college students are scrambling to determine which school to attend in the fall, or whether to go at all. The hang-up? Federal student funding packages, supposed to arrive weeks – if not months – earlier, are still trickling in.
A revamp of the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, or FAFSA, that was supposed to make the lengthy process easier, has done just the opposite. Repeated delays plus technical glitches and new requirements have combined for a frustrating process that experts say has undermined public confidence in access to higher education. It will have serious consequences, they say, for the students who need it most.
