US EditionFederal student loan site down Wednesday, a day after layoffs gutted Education Department
- StudentAid.gov experienced an hours-long outage on Wednesday, highlighting issues with the Department of Education's staffing cuts, as reported by multiple sources including the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators .
- Hundreds of users reported issues with the FAFSA form, essential for financial aid, as stated by Downdetector.
- More than 300 staff from Federal Student Aid were laid off, including the entire team managing FAFSA systems, according to a source who spoke to The Associated Press anonymously.
- Allie Bidwell Arcese, a spokeswoman for NASFAA, expressed concerns about the lack of information from the Education Department regarding the outage.
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Alabama education officials briefly locked out of federal system
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What will happen to student loans if the Department of Education is dismantled?
WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) – The announcement of recent mass firings within the Department of Education has many questioning who will manage student loans if the agency is dismantled. For now, the Education Department said it will continue to manage the federal student loan portfolio, which totals around $1.5 trillion in student loan debt for over 40 million borrowers. In a statement released Tuesday, the department said it will “continue to deliver o…
Federal student loan site crashes a day after layoffs gutted Education Department
An hours-long outage Wednesday on StudentAid.gov, the federal website for student loans and financial aid, underscored the risks in rapidly gutting the Department of Education, as President Donald Trump aims to dismantle the agency.
Federal Student Aid sites down for hours following Education Department layoffs
Government website StudentAid.gov suffered an hours-long shortage Wednesday, delaying student loan and financial aid efforts. Federal Student Aid hosts the online applications for the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, Teacher Education Assistance for College and Higher Education grant, Parent…
FAFSA site goes down after mass layoff at Education Department
(The Hill) - The Studentaid.gov website was down for hours on Wednesday after the Education Department laid off half its workforce. Downdetector saw hundreds of users report the outage of the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA), used by students in college or applying to college to receive financial aid. The issue came a day after the Department of Education, which President Trump has repeatedly said he'd like to shut down, anno…
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