Education Department Official Prods Colleges to Have Students Apply for Aid Online

The head of the Education Department's Student Financial Assistance office urged college financial-aid administrators last week to push harder to get students to apply for federal grants and loans online. His persistence perturbed some college officials, who said that the department must be more patient.

Greg Woods, the chief operating officer of the financial-assistance office, has moved aggressively in his first two and a half years in the job to modernize the government's delivery

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