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Summary of most useful and popular mechanisms to help pay for high education costs including direct payment of tuition, 529 Plans, Custodial Accounts

West Virginia University President Gordon Gee praised the legislature’s passage of an $80 million dollar, one-time allocation for higher education in West Virginia.

Biden student loan forgiveness: In April, the Department of Education released new draft rules to loan more borrowers' student loans. Sen. Mitt Romney and others oppose them. Read more.

On Monday afternoon, U.S. Senator Mark Warner of Virginia plans to meet with students about FAFSA glitches as the application rates fall from last year.

"I have worked in financial aid for 40 years and this is the worst I have ever seen it," a TSTC official said of the financial aid "mess."

This is what the Portland Press Herald in Maine had to say recently about changes to the FAFSA system:

While the 2024 - 2025 academic year has gotten off to a rough start, colleges are not delaying when to actually make payments this fall.

/PRNewswire/ -- Regent Education, a leader in SaaS-based financial aid and scholarship management solutions, announced today that the Massachusetts Department...

Republican lawmakers said a Biden administration move to waive $147 billion of student loan debt would be too costly for taxpayers.

Many grads will attend local colleges and more are entering the trades.