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Aug 2024
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College Financial-Aid Applicants Will Fa...

The Wall Street Journal
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Most families and students won’t be able to begin filling out federal college financial-aid forms until late fall, the second straight year of such delays. Wall Street Journal higher-education reporter Melisa Korn joins host J.R. Whalen to discuss what it could mean for their ability to access funds.


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