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Leaders of the college financial aid system assailed the Education Department over this year’s
chaos, much of it focusing on the Education Department, which Draeger said faced a “crisis of credibility.” Agency leaders didn’t testify at Wednesday’s hearing, but a spokesperson said Tuesday that officials have identified and fixed errors in the online application system “affecting the accurate processing of large numbers of
refresh under a nine-figure deal. They demanded more information on the project and accused the company of a “near-total failure” that they said is “harming millions of students and hundreds of colleges.” General Dynamics didn’t immediately comment. information, Rachelle Feldman, the school’s vice provost for enrollment, told lawmakers. The school, which enrolled over 32,000 students last fall, is hoping to distribute aid offers by the first week of May — months behind its typical time frame of January to March.
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