More than 600 positions have been eliminated from the U.S. Department of Education's Federal Student Aid office, internal ...

including the retirement this week of the chief operating officer for the Office of Federal Student Aid. As of March 17, the ...

The Department of Education’s Office of Federal Student Aid processes over 17.6 million Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) forms annually with a staff of roughly 1,400 employees ...

Four staffers in the Office of Student Aid Program Management, which has the primary role of managing the FAFSA's rollout, said yes to recent buyouts and early retirement offers. Those departures ...

So far, despite laying off half of the department’s workforce, they have avoided cuts to the team that works directly on the form, headed by a newly created FAFSA program executive director. But ...

Recent staff reductions at the U.S. Department of Education are causing severe disruptions in the systems responsible for managing financial aid for college students. These cuts, implemented as part ...