Adolfo Guzman-Lopez covers higher education for the LAist and KPCC newsroom.
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The commission oversees a program that sets aside billions of dollars in financial aid that’s given out to applicants who first fill out the FAFSA form.Typically, an applicant in a mixed status household is a U.S. citizen, but one or both parents or caretakers are in the U.S. without proper authorization. That means there is no Social Security number to enter in the application.
“That’s still something we’re concerned about, and we’re in communication with top officials with the U.S. Department of Education and then officials with the CSU and UC,” Ratnam said.College advisors also report that the FAFSA application doesn’t appear to be designed to handle long Spanish surnames, especially ones with hyphens.
“Luckily a few of the students in the past weeks they’ve been able to submit ," he said."The morale is slowly increasing.”Adolfo Guzman-Lopez focuses on the stories of students trying to overcome academic and other challenges to stay in college — with the goal of creating a path to a better life.Building This Rose Parade Float Taught College Students What Classes Didn’t
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