FAFSA aid isn't only applicable to the fall and spring semesters; you can use it for the summer, too. There is an annual maximum you can take out in federal loans, which includes the summer semester.

The Education Department is assuring schools and students that its financial aid process will be fixed after a botched overhaul led some colleges to say they were seeing decreased enrollments.

(TNS) — The number of aspiring Colorado college students who submitted their federal financial aid forms rebounded in recent months after the bungled rollout of a new system — and even though ...