College Planners of America

APRIL 5, 2024

The Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) is the means by which students obtain their fair share of the billions of dollars in Federal, state, and college financial aid to help defray the cost of college. The problems affecting the current admissions cycle began when the 2024-25 FAFSA was late.

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CFAA College Financial Aid Advisors

DECEMBER 3, 2023

What We Know About the New FAFSA and Financial Aid Offers As a result of the FAFSA Simplification Act in 2020, the FAFSA has been updated to help millions of students and families maximize their financial aid for college. Are there any format updates to the FAFSA?

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Student Loan Hero

DECEMBER 1, 2022

When do you need to file your FAFSA for this year? 1: Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) opens. June 30: FAFSA deadline. 30, 2020, but later extended several times until Dec. When is the FAFSA deadline? School year FAFSA opens FAFSA deadline. Key dates to be aware of: Dec. June 30, 2022.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 4, 2023

Now, new data from the 2020 National Postsecondary Student Aid Study has provided the first nationally representative picture: more than one in five undergraduates experience food insecurity. Indeed, 21% of students whose full financial need was considered to be met by grants were food insecure.

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NACAC's Admitted

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Financial aid discussions have centered on simplifying FAFSA and increasing federal Pell Grants – all important – but federal student aid policies are only one funding source for families trying to determine how to pay for college. However, the reality is these institutional grants are not fairly distributed.

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College Planners of America

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

The Study explores college funding sources, including family income and savings, scholarships, grants, and loans. Families reported spending an average of $25,313 for college in 2021–22, a 4% decrease from 2020–21, marking the second year of lower average college spending by families. This percentage was unchanged from 2020-21.

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EAB

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Beginning July 2023, over 700,000 incarcerated adults will become Pell Grant eligible , enabling qualified students to pursue federally funded college education for the first time since the 1990s. Once funding is restored, a staggering 700,000 incarcerated adults will become eligible for Pell Grants in the 2023-2024 academic year.

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College Planners of America

OCTOBER 30, 2023

The amount of a student’s FWS award depends on when he or she submitted the FAFSA, the level of the family’s financial need, and the school’s availability of FWS funding. Applying for the FWS Program FWS is limited to students with a financial need as determined through the FAFSA process. However, 2023 is an exception.

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Moneyman

MAY 31, 2020

Almost an approach of “ trust, but verify “ So I can understand if you might not believe what I am about to tell you when it relates to the HEERF Funds from the CARES Grant. The total amount of Emergency Financial Aid Grants distributed to students under Section 18004(a)(1) of the CARES Act as of the date of submission (i.e.,

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College Planners of America

JANUARY 5, 2023

Merit-based academic scholarships have ranged from $13,000 to $30,000 and need-based grants have ranged from $1,000 to $40,000. In 2020-2021, 95% of our full-time beginning undergraduates received grant/scholarship aid.”. Colleges also provide additional information about their NPC. The Reliability and Accuracy of NPC’s.

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College Planners of America

OCTOBER 27, 2022

Need-based aid focuses on a family’s income as reported on the FAFSA. Applicants await the results of the FAFSA process to find out how much need-based aid is available to them from public agencies, colleges, and other sources. Colleges complete a data field named “Institutional non-need-based scholarship or grant aid”.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Approximately 49% are Pell Grant eligible or have first-generation, low-income backgrounds. Recruitment materials, campus tours, and FAFSA open houses are bilingual as are several members of the student affairs staff. Since its launch in 2020, Latino enrollment has increased. Additionally, 39.93% of graduate students are Latino.

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COE

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Her 2020 book, “ Caste: The Origins of Our Discontent ,” won the National Book Critics Circle Award for nonfiction. Blog Revised FAFSA Release Date Pushed Back – What You Need to Know! Both texts were the subject of her keynote speech.

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EAB

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

EAB experts Caylie Privitere and Matthew McAloon examine the benefits to students and institutions from the restoration of Pell Grant funding for incarcerated persons who want to pursue a college education. Our guest today discuss the restoration of Pell Grant funding for incarcerated students. Transcript [music] 0:00:11.6 Do we know?

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Student Loan Hero

OCTOBER 31, 2022

José Martí Scholarship Challenge Grant Fund. José Martí Scholarship Challenge Grant Fund Focus: Florida residents. The Hispanic Heritage Foundation’s Youth Awards award a grant you can use for college or fund a community service project. AMS Minority Scholarships. Cooperativa Latino Credit Union. HACU IES Abroad Scholarship.

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Moneyman

JUNE 12, 2020

That’s what’s happening with the Student Eligibility rules for CARES Grant funds. The agreement says that schools “…[retain] discretion to determine the amount of each individual emergency financial aid grant consistent with all applicable laws including non-discrimination laws.” What are the rules?

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Scholarship America

APRIL 3, 2023

While the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) typically opens for applications on October 1, the application for the 2024-25 school year has been delayed until sometime in December—a delay that could have ripple effects on students, families and scholarship programs. Why is the FAFSA late? How will applicants be impacted?

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College Planners of America

APRIL 28, 2023

Three years ago, Congress enacted long-overdue reforms in the passage of the FAFSA Simplification Act of 2020, which substantially improves Federal student aid process. Education Department ( ED ) was to complete the changes to the FAFSA system mandated by the Act in time for the 2022-23 award year (college admissions cycle).

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

As the COVID-19 pandemic dawned in Spring 2020, the federal government granted institutions of higher education a series of waivers and flexibilities that allowed them to continue functioning under radically different conditions. It would be great if they could somehow continue.”

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EAB

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

College Greenlight became part of EAB in 2020, and we continue to help students connect with colleges and universities to help them find their best college fit and the financial support that they need. JW: I guess, absolutely. Someone would say, "Yeah, I'll come to your college essay editing event," or they'd volunteer for something.

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NCLC Student Loan Borrower Assistance

AUGUST 26, 2022

On August 24 2022, President Biden announced that he would cancel $10,000 of federal student loan debt for all borrowers who make less than $125,000 (for individuals) or less than $250,000 (for married couples or heads of households) and $20,000 for borrowers who received a Pell grant when in college and fall under those income thresholds.

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COE

APRIL 12, 2023

The Better FAFSA Release Date Pushed Back   April 12, 2023 — by Woodrow Lewis COE is working with partner organizations to acquire knowledge to ensure that TRIO professionals receive the most up-to-date information and training on the new FAFSA experience to support our students. December : The FSA will release the 2024-25 FAFSA form. COE

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College Planners of America

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Submission of the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) is an essential step for all students seeking Federal, state, institutional, and private financial aid. To improve the financial aid process, the FAFSA Simplification Act was enacted by Congress on December 27, 2020. This postponement proved to be insufficient.

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College Planners of America

APRIL 24, 2024

.” The development and rollout of the “Better FAFSA” by the U.S. In a normal year, the FAFSA goes online on October1. This year, the ED’s revision of the FAFSA form has caused extensive problems for colleges. Students eligible for Pell Grants have been denied because they are dependents. How Did This Happen?

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College Planners of America

APRIL 24, 2024

.” The development and rollout of the “Better FAFSA” by the U.S. In a normal year, the FAFSA goes online on October1. This year, the ED’s revision of the FAFSA form has caused extensive problems for colleges. Students eligible for Pell Grants have been denied because they are dependents. How Did This Happen?

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