June 25, 2009
Aid Experts Like President's Plan to Streamline Fafsa but Hope for Bigger Changes
Washington
Campaigning for the presidency last year, Barack Obama promised to do away with the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, the six-page form that critics say discourages some low-income students from applying to college.
The plan that the White House unveiled on Wednesday for simplifying the form, known as the Fafsa, wouldn’t go that far, and its most significant changes would require Congressional approval. Still, financial-aid experts say the president’s proposal will
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