College Aid Services

DECEMBER 17, 2024

The Department of Education has released the Application and Verification Guide of 2025-26 Federal Student Aid Handbook. The text is designed for financial aid professionals and counselors to help students file their FAFSA applications, make corrections, and verify information.

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MARCH 28, 2025

On March 26, 2025, the Department of Education reopened the online application for Income-Driven Repayment (IDR) plans for federal student loan borrowers. On February 21, the Department pulled down the IDR application. On February 21, the Department pulled down the IDR application.

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AUGUST 7, 2024

A more efficient process is underway for filing the 2025-26 Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). Thanks to the partnership of our stakeholders, we’ve developed a better implementation process for 2025-26,” said Cardona. Jeremy Singer According to U.S. Secretary of Education Dr. Miguel A.

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AUGUST 7, 2024

Applications to the journalism school for 2025-26 opened Aug. Cobb is also piloting a Loan Repayment Assistance Program (LRAP) to improve access. The program has offered $300,000 to more than 30 graduates at nonprofit news media organizations.

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AUGUST 4, 2024

The Common App has launched its 2024–2025 application for more than 1,100 colleges and universities worldwide. The not-for-profit organization founded in 1975 has grown to serve more a million students online annually through its online application platform.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2024

Dr. Annette Reed According to university officials, the Sacramento State Native American College, is set to welcome its inaugural cohort for the Fall 2025 semester “and will offer a unique, culturally rooted educational experience.” It is an honor to lead this transformative initiative.”

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DECEMBER 2, 2024

The California State University system is piloting direct admissions, in which students will not have to go through the traditional admission application process. Berenecea Johnson Eanes “The campus itself has a rich history in the community of East Los Angeles and is an anchor institution for that community,” Eanes says.

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OCTOBER 27, 2024

said Gasman, who added that e ach year the program actively recruits new applicants to participate in a cohort model where they take part in workshops and networking events designed to assist MSI faculty in their careers. Applications for ELEVATE 2025 will open on November 15, 2024.

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APRIL 1, 2025

All of her personal and professional experiences created a presidential presence that stood out from an exceptional field of over 75 applicants," said Janet Lopez, chair of the FLC Board of Trustees. A final decision is expected at the Board's next regular meeting on April 11, 2025.

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College Aid Services

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Department of Education (Department) announced today that it entered the final beta testing period of the 2025–26 Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA®), Beta 4, which will build on the successful results from the first three beta periods. 1, more than 14,000 students have successfully submitted their 2025–26 FAFSA forms.

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Active Minds

JANUARY 29, 2025

Active Minds is honored to share our 2025 Emerging Scholars and their incredible research. She plans to transfer to a four-year university in Fall 2025 to major in cognitive science and minor in health innovation and entrepreneurship. The post Celebrating the Incredible Emerging Scholars of 2025 appeared first on Active Minds.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2025

The 2025-26 Federal School Code (FSC) List of Participating Schools is now available as an online document and an integrated search function for applicants navigating the fafsa.gov website.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Updated November 21st The Department of Education continues to beta test the 2025-26 FAFSA with a select group of institutions and students as the December 1 release date approaches. Here is the latest regarding the upcoming application, as detailed on the Updates page: 2025-26 FAFSA Beta Updates Nov.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2025

Active Minds is honored to share our 2025 Emerging Scholars and their incredible research. She plans to transfer to a four-year university in Fall 2025 to major in cognitive science and minor in health innovation and entrepreneurship. The post Celebrating the Incredible Emerging Scholars of 2025 Copy appeared first on Active Minds.

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College Aid Services

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Financial aid offices can access the 2025-26 FAFSA Paper form through the FAFSA Partner Portal, as the Department of Education begins processing applications; functionality for student corrections will arrive in early 2025.

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MARCH 28, 2025

The report, "How Latinos Pay for College: 2025 National Trends," builds on two decades of research and reveals that while Latino students demonstrate high financial need, they are employing effective cost-saving measures to make higher education affordable.

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APRIL 4, 2025

The Department of Education has confirmed the 2025-26 federal funding allocations for the Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant (FSEOG) and Federal Work-Study (FWS) programs. 3 Update) The post Final Funding Authorizations for 202526 Campus-Based Programs (Apr. 3 Update) first appeared on College Aid Services.

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JANUARY 17, 2025

While there were over 85 outstanding applicants, Dr. Love was in a category of her own. 2022-2025, received funding of $541,879 from the National Science Foundation over three years. I chaired the committee, but as a practical matter, it was a very easy assignment, Goldberg wrote in his letter nominating Love as an Emerging Scholar.

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College Aid Services

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

The Department of Education has officially launched the 2025-26 FAFSA application nearly two weeks ahead of the original December 1st deadline. of Education Launches 2025-26 FAFSA Ahead of Scheduled Release Date The post Dept. of Education Launches 2025-26 FAFSA Ahead of Scheduled Release Date The post Dept.

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APRIL 22, 2025

AccessLex Institute has released its 2025 Legal Education Data Deck, providing comprehensive insights into the current state of legal education in the United States. Hispanic/Latine applicants and American Indian/Alaska Native applicants also faced significant barriers, with admission rates of 57% and 52% respectively.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2025

Eight community college students from across the globe have been named 2025 DREAM Scholars by Achieving the Dream (ATD), marking a diverse cohort that Dr. Karen A. The selected scholars, who emerged from a competitive application process, will convene in Philadelphia this month for ATD's annual DREAM conference.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2025

Rhonda Stanton, Azaria Hogans, and Karmen Brewer will be recognized as the recipients of the 2025 Curtis P. Davis Master Advisor Reception on March 10, 2025, from 4-5 p.m. All nominees are given a chance to submit an application packet. The post 2025 Curtis P. Lawrence Excellence in Advising Awards at the Kathy J.

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College Aid Services

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

Institutions have until March 3, 2025, to close out their Campus-Based program awards for the previous academic year using information from the Fiscal Operations Report for 202324 and Application to Participate for 202526 (FISAP).

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College Aid Services

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Service releases for EDExpress for Windows 2024–25 and Windows 2025-26 are now available for download. Both software updates resolve an error in the Application Processing module, where a student’s highest or active ISIR transaction number failed to update properly. and 2025-26, Release 1.0 and 2025-26, Release 1.0

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MARCH 31, 2025

Our dean is telling the faculty to be creative and to come up with other ways to shape it or frame it so that theyre not using the trigger words, because the trigger words, whether we like it or not, is whats causing grants to either be denied, applications to be pushed back and funding to not be released, the attendee said.

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College Aid Services

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

The Department of Education released important details about the application process for institutions wishing to participate in the Work Colleges Program under the Federal Work-Study (FWS) Program for the 2025-26 award year.

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College Aid Services

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

Administrators now have access to the 2025–26 FAFSA® prototype, which is a web-based design tool where users can explore certain aspects of the official application as the Department of Education improves it over time.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Wade Boykins passing in January 2025, I have been rather distraught, wanting to ensure that his legacy is in the forefront of educators minds Dr. Donna Y. Since learning of Dr. A. Ford and hearts as they seek to provide Black students with rigorous and relevant instructional styles and strategies.

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AUGUST 28, 2024

Department of Education has released its framework for the 2025–26 FAFSA Testing Period, which starts Oct. 1 open window for the 2025–26 Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA®), available to all students and contributors. The testing period leads up to the Dec. The testing period leads up to the Dec.

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College Aid Services

APRIL 11, 2025

The Department of Education has confirmed the 2025-26 federal funding allocations for the Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant (FSEOG) and Federal Work-Study (FWS) programs. 10 Update) The post Final Funding Authorizations for 202526 Campus-Based Programs (Apr. 10 Update) first appeared on College Aid Services.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

California has banned legacy admissions, making it illegal for public and private universities in the state to consider an applicant’s relationship to alumni or donors when deciding whether to admit them. 1, 2025, is the nation’s fifth legacy admissions ban, but only the second that will apply to private colleges. “In

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JUNE 17, 2024

Jeremy Singer, who is currently the president of College Board, has been named to lead the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA®) overall strategy, according to the U.S. Singer will lead FSA’s overall strategy on the 2025-26 FAFSA form. Department of Education.

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AUGUST 2, 2024

The program is made possible through funding from Hollins and applicable federal and state grants. The new cohort of HOPE Scholars will begin in fall 2025.

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College Aid Services

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

FSA announced that it will resume flagging FAFSA applicants for potentially fraudulent activity on both the the 2024-25 and 2025-26 forms, which will require that schools complete V4 or V5 verification prior to disbursing any Title IV aid.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Dartmouth College plans to reinstate the standardized test requirement for applicants to the Class of 2029 and beyond, reports The Dartmouth. Dartmouth applicants will be required to take and submit scores from the SAT or ACT college entrance exams.

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JANUARY 15, 2025

On December 20, 2024, the Department of Education announced that it is temporarily pausing the processing of Total and Permanent Disability (TPD) discharge applications. The TPD processing pause will last from December 20, 2024, to early March 2025. Can I apply for TPD discharge during the processing pause?

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OCTOBER 11, 2024

The 2025 coalition meetings will begin in February 2025, Black History Month, and will continue monthly until the end of the academic year. The 2025 scholar series will begin in January 2025 and continue through July 2025 leading to the culminating August conference. The application is open.

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