Dozens of colleges see FAFSA turmoil's impact on freshman classes
Education Secretary Miguel Cardona vows “to do better” as many campus officials say months of financial aid mayhem has affected the makeup of first-year cohorts.
The Education Department is assuring schools and students that its financial aid process will be fixed after a botched overhaul led some colleges to say they were seeing decreased enrollments.
Education Secretary Miguel Cardona said he’s “very confident” households will be able to start applying for federal financial aid by Dec. 1, just weeks after officials pushed back the launch date for the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) by two months to Dec. 1 for the 2025-26 academic year.
We’ve got to do better, and we’re going to do better.
U.S. secretary of education miguel cardona
The move aims to buy more time to test the online form with select students and schools after months of glitches and delays roiled the college application process for millions of students this year.
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