Trump education official exposes $1 billion student aid fraud scheme, with California and Minnesota identified as hubs for ...

AI bots and stolen IDs used in growing student aid fraud schemes Over 1.2 million fake applications filed at California colleges in 2024 Victims often unaware until debt appears in their name New ...

It was an unusual question coming from a police officer. Heather Brady was napping at home in San Francisco on a Sunday afternoon when the officer knocked on her door to ask: Had she applied to ...

Investigators say the scams ran for 10 years. In some cases, would-be students were complicit in the scam. Federal investigators say two Detroiters created separate fraud schemes to bilk more than $12 ...

Two Detroit residents are accused of stealing more than $12 million from the U.S. Department of Education through fraudulent federal student aid applications. The FBI, the U.S. Department of Education ...

WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - A Fayetteville woman was sentenced on June 24 for conspiracy to commit wire fraud in connection with stealing millions from the federal student aid program, according to the ...

A new consumer alert for parents and students trying to apply for federal student aid. There’s a new crackdown to stop financial aid fraud. The U.S. Department of Education announced it will launch a ...

Congress is considering cuts to federal student grant programs relied on by thousands of Pennsylvania college students amid a multi-billion Pell Grant program deficit. The House of Representatives ...

Many financial aid advisers are worried that the Trump administration’s latest effort to bolster identity verification in the student aid system could have unintended consequences. Instead of simply ...

The Student Aid Index (SAI) is the key metric that colleges use to calculate your financial need as a relates to providing financial aid packages. The Student Aid Index (SAI) replaced the Expected ...

The U.S. Department of Education, under the Trump administration, has uncovered a substantial misallocation of federal student aid funds. Over the past three years, more than $30 million in aid was ...

The Indiana Commission for Higher Education is seeking input to maximize the $168 million for the state's primary need-based student financial aid program.