Another FAFSA delay has been announced by the Department of Education, and colleges will likely not receive applicant’s federal aid information until March. There are rising concerns among education officials for students dependent on financial aid offers, especially low income and first generation applicants. Universities may be forced to push their usual May 1 student commitment deadlines back to June or July. This delay was attributed to various errors including a calculation oversight not accounting for inflation in the new Student Aid Index.
