Instead of Simplifying the FAFSA, Let's Just Get Rid of It
Forbes - Commentary
March 26, 2015Educational Economist Carlo Salerno writes: If we’ll consider turning a 10-page, 107-field form into a postcard with a couple questions it’s actually much better to go one step further and get rid of the FAFSA altogether. It is absurdly duplicative, in both content and timing, to the tax information millions of Americans already annually file, while research clearly shows aid can be estimated with tax data alone and without hurting the distribution of federal grant aid.
