Both financial aid applications, the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) and the DREAM Act Application (CADAA), will undergo major changes in the coming year to increase the number of ...

Editor's Note: The FAFSA portal has soft-launched, but will only be available periodically as the Federal Student Aid office monitors “site performance and form functionality.” The new year ...

In 2025, the number of high school seniors in California who applied for federal financial aid jumped by 11%, according to the California Student Aid Commission. The growth represented 72.7% of all ...

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We are witnessing in real time the fears and worries of students from immigrant families become reality under the Trump administration. Worry that if they apply for federal financial aid, they could ...

Are you or your high school senior planning to attend a University of California or California State University school this fall? A major deadline is coming up. The priority deadline to file the Free ...

The 2025-26 Free Application for Federal Student Aid, or FAFSA, and California Dream Act Application, or CADAA, applications’ priority deadline is upcoming on March 3. The University of California, or ...

At the start of this year, the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, or FAFSA, underwent updates aimed at broadening its accessibility to students from low-income and undocumented backgrounds. But ...

When people say “it takes a village,” they could just as easily be talking about paying for college in the United States. The idea of covering tuition with savings from an after-school job is long ...

Scholarships and grants are forms of financial aid that don't have to be repaid. They include a range of opportunities: Need-Based Grants — from FAFSA or CADAA Eligibility is based on your financial ...