WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Education Department said it has discovered a calculation error in hundreds of thousands of student financial aid applications sent to colleges this month and will need to reprocess them — a blunder that follows a series of others and threatens further delays to this year’s college applications. A vendor working … Read more
LIVERMORE – Las Positas College (LPC) has been ranked the fourth best community college in the country by a group that uses data from the U.S. Department of Education to grade colleges nationwide, College President Dyrell Foster announced the new rating last Friday at the Las Positas Foundation Fall Welcome Reception on campus. “This distinction … Read more
The Biden administration restarted student loan bills for 40 million Americans this month. So far, the transition is proving painful for many borrowers. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona, at rear, listens as Vice President Kamala Harris speaks in Washington, D.C., June 2, 2022. Olivier Douliery | Afp | Getty Images Amberlee McGaughey, a librarian in Pennsylvania, … Read more