Well…back in the Stone Age, I was on a first name basis with the financial aid office at my college. I was regularly there begging for more money…every single term, and often in the middle of the term. We completed whatever financial aid application form was required…was it the FAFSA back before 1973?
Still…these folks listened to me…and I seldom walked away without something…an increase in my work study, or a small grant or something.
But that’s just not how it works now…it just isn’t.
Like others, I believe the OP only has part of the story about this aid decrease. He is reading on Facebook where, let’s face it, many folks only tell part of the story.
Unless this OP has looked at the actual financial aid application forms, and award letters for these students, I just think he needs to let this go.
If he is really concerned, call the financial aid office and tell them what you have heard…and ask if this is policy. My guess is they will say no…but that aid aid in subsequent years is dependent on the new financial aid application forms completed annually…