We are losing millions of tax dollars right now to what are known as "ghost students" -- online scammers who enroll in ...

Federal investigators have more than 200 open cases probing these scams.

Inside the "ghost students" scam that uses identity theft to steal college loans and financial aid, leaving some victims with ...

The bill would prevent cuts enacted last legislative session that could affect 12,000 students attending private nonprofit ...

An I-Team investigation in collaboration with ABC News is uncovering a widespread identity theft scheme involving so-called ...

For many students, looking for financial support for school is challenging. Different applications, different requirements, ...

In 2025, the Community College of Philadelphia said it had more than 600 fraudulent applications, which is roughly 5% of all ...

California’s community colleges are dealing with a ghost problem, and it has nothing to do with haunted dorms. "Ghost ...

Pandemic-era federal student loan protections have expired, and millions of borrowers who haven't resumed payments are facing default. At the same time, borrowers are dealing with repayment ...

Late last year, the U.S. Department of Education declared it would reroute tens of millions of dollars that Congress had ...

BYU’s “Cougar Pell Promise” is a “last-dollar in commitment” program to cover — or top off — the member tuition amount after other free aid resources had been applied, according to BYU. “Free aid” ...

A new initiative at three Northern California community colleges uses a “human-centered” AI tool to boost student enrollment ...