A Republican-led bill aimed at preventing scammers from submitting fraudulent federal student aid applications to collect the money and run is moving forward in the House.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. We are losing millions of tax dollars right now to what are known as "ghost students" -- online scammers who enroll in community ...

The Big Number: $1 billion — that’s how much the Department of Education says it saved taxpayers by cracking down on student ...

Last year, the U.S. Department of Education found tens of millions of dollars had been wrongfully awarded, including $30 million to dead people over three years. The largest community college in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FAFSA Program Executive Director Aaron Lemon-Strauss, second from left, and Federal Student Aid Acting Chief Operating Officer ...

Secretary Linda McMahon ordered a review of student aid programs as the Department of Education says enhanced fraud controls ...

SALT LAKE CITY — Ghosts are typically the spooky residents of haunted houses, horror flicks and Halloween parties. But "ghosts" are also finding their way into America's higher education system — ...

HOUSTON, Texas — A 43-year-old Richmond resident has confessed to orchestrating a large-scale financial aid fraud scheme involving hundreds of false applications, according to Acting U.S. Attorney ...