--- description: Mark Kantrowitz is one of the nation’s leading student financial aid experts. He is publisher and VP of strategy for Cappex.com, a web site that connects students with colleges and scholarships. He is the author of several books about paying for college, including Filing the FAFSA, Twisdoms About Paying for College, and Secrets to Winning a Scholarship, and has served as publisher of the FinAid, Fastweb, and Edvisors web sites. title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Mark Kantrowitz ## Mark Kantrowitz Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close _Mark Kantrowitz is one of the nation’s leading student financial aid experts. He is publisher and VP of strategy for Cappex.com, a web site that connects students with colleges and scholarships. He is the author of several books about paying for college, including_ Filing the FAFSA, Twisdoms About Paying for College, _and_ Secrets to Winning a Scholarship_, and has served as publisher of the FinAid, Fastweb, and Edvisors web sites._ ## Mark Kantrowitz Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Meta: null ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/author/mark-kantrowitz/","name":"Mark Kantrowitz"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/mark-kantrowitz/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/mark-kantrowitz/"},"name":"Mark Kantrowitz","jobTitle":null,"description":"Mark Kantrowitz is one of the nation’s leading student financial aid experts. He is publisher and VP of strategy for Cappex.com, a web site that connects students with colleges and scholarships. He is the author of several books about paying for college, including Filing the FAFSA, Twisdoms About Paying for College, and Secrets to Winning a Scholarship, and has served as publisher of the FinAid, Fastweb, and Edvisors web sites.","url":"https://time.com/author/mark-kantrowitz/","worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/"}}] ```