Colleges and universities are facing a new fraud tactic that has made them more susceptible to digital theft. Known as ghost ...

Federal investigators have more than 200 open cases probing these scams.

In 2025, the Community College of Philadelphia said it had more than 600 fraudulent applications, which is roughly 5% of all ...

California’s community colleges are dealing with a ghost problem, and it has nothing to do with haunted dorms. "Ghost ...

For many students, looking for financial support for school is challenging. Different applications, different requirements, ...

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 ...

The Free Application for Federal Student Aid, known as the FAFSA, is underway for the 2026-2027 school year, beginning the ...

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 ...

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 ...

Student loan debt isn't being shouldered equally by all age groups, with millennials and Gen X borrowers having particularly ...

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 ...