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In recent weeks, colleges and universities have found themselves at the center of the Trump administration’s efforts to reshape American society and culture. As the administration extracts concessions from universities and seeks to deport students based on their participation in protests, experts are raising questions about the future of the American academy and the country’s larger place on the world stage.
A lot of rising college freshmen have a different, more basic anxiety, however: They just want to know if they’ll be able to pay for school.
The Trump administration’s highly publicized efforts to dismantle the Education Department have some students questioning if federal student aid even still exists, according to nonprofits that support college access. “Students are wondering if the FAFSA is…