More Students Resorting to Federal Financial Aid, DOE Data Shows

Education News: New data released by the US Department of Education shows that families are increasingly relying on both loans and federal grants to afford college. Libby A. Nelson of Politico reports that during the 2011-12 academic year, for the first time, students who were receiving some form of federal student aid, either loans or grants, outnumbered the students who were not.

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