colleges are literally holding student loan money hostage and nobody's talking about it

I have been exactly there waiting for financial aid that was supposed to hit on a specific date, and I had to choose between paying rent or eating that month. This story about Mikiah waiting over a month for her 6,700 disbursement is infuriating because colleges know women going back to school are often living paycheck to paycheck with zero buffer, and they're just letting the system collapse while they "figure things out." Nobody told me this but when you're juggling work and school as an adult learner, a one week delay becomes a crisis that costs you late fees, damages your credit, and honestly makes you question whether finishing your degree is even worth it. We need to demand these schools guarantee disbursement dates or let students access the money earlier because their administrative incompetence shouldn't tank our financial stability.