What Next - How the Government Botched Financial Aid
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🗓️ 10 April 2024
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
How did an attempt to simplify a tedious student-aid form turn into a full-on debacle that has some high school seniors wondering if they will have to delay starting college?
Guest: Danielle Douglas-Gabriel, national higher education reporter for the Washington Post.
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