Oregon high school seniors closing federal student aid gap

If there had ever been a year for Oregon’s high school seniors to fall behind on applying for federal aid for college, this year would’ve been it. The U.S. Department of Education’s rollout of the revamped Free Application for Federal Student Aid, or FAFSA, has been plagued by technical glitches, aid miscalculations and repeated delays. Financial aid officers and higher education student advocates worried these hurdles would discourage high school seniors from applying at all.

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