Fixing Fafsa Will Require Fixing Colleges

Shortening the nightmarish federal financial aid form for college loan applicants will allow lower-income students greater access to higher education. Source: Time to Fix the Fafsa – The New York Times I wrote, “Colleges won’t easily give up the data they get from Fafsa. That data is too valuable for pricing, manipulating admission rates, and […]

How Do Colleges Use FAFSA? I Have Some Notions

A suggestion to remove the college financial aid form called Fafsa led to a discussion that touched on empathy, coddling and fraud. Source: Readers’ Turn: Eliminate Fafsa? – The New York Times Here is what I wrote – which means I think a lot of it should be eliminated, especially if it is misused. “I […]