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Confusing financial aid offers can leave families deeper in debt. Student groups say a new fix doesn’t go far enough

It happens every spring: Families receive financial aid offers from colleges, puzzle over them and are still left with the question — how much will this college actually cost me? Instead of stating how much a family must pay out of pocket, some letters use jargon like “total net expenses” or “total

By The Hechinger Report

Confusing financial aid offers can leave families deeper in debt. Student groups say a new fix doesn’t go far enough

It happens every spring: Families receive financial aid offers from colleges, puzzle over them and are still left with the question — how much will this college actually cost me? Instead of stating how much a family must pay out of pocket, some letters use jargon like “total net expenses” or “total