FAFSA delays cast uncertainty over university budgets as Colorado lawmakers look at how to fund higher education
High school seniors and college students across Colorado aren’t the only ones wondering what their fall will look like amid serious hiccups in the new process for applying for federal student aid. Colorado universities are facing their own bout of uncertainty with fears that fewer students may end up enrolling in higher Education , questions about how their budgets will shape up and the anticipation of an unusually busy summer making last-minute adjustments before the new school year. What lies ahead is “one of the roughest years in higher education history probably in this country in many generations,” said Marty Somero, director of financial aid at the University of Northern Colorado in Greeley. About 28% of students have qualified in recent years for Pell Grants, which are usually awarded to undergraduate students who have significant financial need. When the U.S. Department of Education set out to introduce a new Free Application for Federal Student Aid form and proc...