The feds just overhauled the FAFSA again
After last year's technical collapse, the Department of Education is launching a 'beta test' for the new financial aid form. Explore the mechanics of the rollout and why a second failure could permanently depress college enrollment rates.
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FAFSA completion rates dropped twenty-nine percent in April twenty twenty-four due to technical bottlenecks and launch delays.
The Department of Education is using phased beta testing in California and Arizona to fix technical friction points.
New identity verification updates reduce the three-day waiting period to instant verification for student applicants.
The One Big Beautiful Bill Act now excludes small businesses and family farms from student asset calculations.
Federal graduate student loans are now capped at twenty thousand five hundred dollars annually under new regulations.
Students who complete the FAFSA are eighty-four percent more likely to enroll in college immediately after high school.
- 01Intro1 min
- 02The Ghost of Twenty Twenty-Four3 min
- 03The Beta Test Strategy3 min
- 04The One Big Beautiful Bill Overhaul2 min
- 05The Enrollment Cliff2 min
- 06Outro1 min
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