The number of Louisiana students who have applied for federal financial aid for college is down 12% so far this year, even as ...

Once a national leader in getting students to apply for college financial aid, Louisiana has plummeted in the rankings this year and is the only state to see a decline in aid applications this ...

Grants for research have been eliminated without warning, universities are laying off workers and cutting budgets, and ...

Louisiana, after repealing its universal FAFSA policy, saw a 14% drop in submissions ... this year’s FAFSA cycle could reverse last year’s troubling decline. But to truly expand access ...

The study by NBER and the Society of Family Planning finds that abortion bans significantly increase birth rates, ...

We oversee a lot of the state's financial aid programs in Louisiana. FAFSA is short for ... Students always have the option to decline loans. And so that's one of those things where we advise ...

Mx. Gessen, Dr. McMillan Cottom and Mr. Stephens are Opinion columnists. Patrick Healy, the deputy Opinion editor, hosted an online conversation with the Times Opinion columnists M. Gessen ...

Trump reveals new reciprocal tariffs on trade partners, some economists say a recession is possible under new plan. How will Louisiana be affected?

In February, the ability to apply for Federal Student Aid was blocked. Now, applications are back open. Here's what to know ...

Analysis of 2021 to 2024 data show a decline in vaccination rates among ... exemption for the 2023-2024 school year — with 2.8% of Louisiana kindergarten students filing exemptions.

On Feb. 26, Donald Trump's Administration removed the ability to apply online from the Federal Student Aid website and, allegedly, instructed loan servicers to halt processing of new income-driven ...