CalMatters: Fraud Pushes California’s Community Colleges to Consider an Application Fee. Is It Worth It? - The Silicon Valley Voice

How to Combat Financial-Aid Fraud — The James G. Martin Center for Academic Renewal

Every year, postsecondary institutions of all kinds distribute hundreds of billions of dollars in student financial aid across the United States—not to mention the tens of billions in aid allocated by state governments and institutions of higher learning themselves. Such aid ranges from loans with well-below-market interest rates to flat-out grants (such as Pell Grants), the lion’s share of which are propped up by taxpayer dollars. Since the end…

CalMatters: Fraud Pushes California’s Community Colleges to Consider an Application Fee. Is it Worth it? - The Silicon Valley Voice

Under scrutiny from state and federal lawmakers, California’s community colleges are trying to crack down on financial aid fraud. Scammers have increasingly infiltrated the state’s 116 community colleges, posing as students in an effort to steal financial aid from the state and federal government.   At a meeting on Tuesday, the board that oversees California’s community colleges voted to require all students to verify their identity, which is cu…

Scammers Steal Millions While Community College Board Debates $10 Fees For Two Hours

By Adam Echelman – CalMatters Under scrutiny from state and federal lawmakers, California’s community colleges are trying to crack down on financial aid fraud. Scammers have increasingly infiltrated the state’s 116 community colleges, posing as students in an effort to steal financial aid from the state and federal government. At a meeting on Tuesday, the board that oversees California’s community colleges voted to require all students to ve…