Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

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. Secretary of Education Dr. Miguel A.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

The FAFSA Simplification Act, scheduled to go into effect this year, will cut the number of questions on the notoriously difficult application for federal aid—which is also used in calculations for state and institutional awards—from 108 to 36 for most students. The consequences for students and their families could be serious.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Department of Education (ED) has updated how it calculates the amount of aid students will receive to be in full alignment with the FAFSA Simplification Act. Cardona said the update, the latest in ED’s 2024–25 Better FAFSA ® implementation, will not impact implementation timelines. Secretary of Education Dr. Miguel A.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 22, 2023

For a prospective college student beleaguered by the complexities of the application process, direct admissions is like a dream come true. Data was obtained on the choices of almost 32,000 students. As might be expected, receiving a near-automatic acceptance from a college made students likelier to follow up.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 15, 2024

The City University of New York (CUNY) re-enrolled 16,319 stopped-out students during the 2023-24 academic year thanks to its CUNY Reconnect Program. Its advisers also support students through the financial aid process and the FAFSA application. “We million investment from the city. Matos Rodríguez. “We

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 6, 2024

American universities have provided countless students with the opportunity to pursue their dreams, develop their talents, and improve their economic standing. However, for some of the very groups who need it most—especially Black students—these opportunities are becoming more limited. Bradley decision, has worsened these disparities.

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College Aid Services

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Federal Student Aid (FSA) has released updated guidelines for how the FAFSA should be processed for underaged applicants who wish to apply for financial aid.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 26, 2024

Department of Education (ED) Office of Federal Student Aid. Richard Cordray “We are grateful for Rich Cordray’s three years of service, in which he accomplished more transformational changes to the student aid system than any of his predecessors,” said U.S. Secretary of Education Dr. Miguel A.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 8, 2024

State financial aid programs across the country have varying levels of accessibility for students and plenty of room to improve, according to a recent report from The Education Trust. But these aid programs were found to have low-income requirements, meaning students from middle-income households are excluded.

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CFAA College Financial Aid Advisors

JANUARY 17, 2023

Believe it or not, the FAFSA for your freshman year in college will come online October 1, 2023. Parents and students are completing their FAFSA applications by the end. The post How to Help Your High School Junior Prep for FAFSA and College Applications appeared first on CFAA.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Saint Louis University (SLU) is launching an institutional aid application that mirrors the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, or FAFSA , so families can receive financial aid awards by the end of February. SLU is taking additional steps to ensure students and families receive timely financial aid awards: 1.)

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 14, 2024

3, which means new and returning student move-ins will be delayed until Aug. Also, “we will be finalizing major funding that will allow us to pay overdue student refunds and staff salaries from last semester,” read the notice, signed by Saint Augustine’s Interim President Dr. Marcus H. 27-28, according to a university notice.

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College Aid Services

DECEMBER 8, 2023

The Department of Education reaffirms that student can no longer access incomplete FAFSA applications indefinitely. It is important that you remind students of this change which starts in the 24-25 academic year. What is the policy?

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 28, 2024

Department of Education has released its framework for the 2025–26 FAFSA Testing Period, which starts Oct. Jeremy Singer “We’re using the beta testing period to uncover and fix issues with the FAFSA form before the form is available to millions of students and their families,” said FAFSA Executive Advisor Jeremy Singer.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 2, 2024

Casualties of the ongoing FAFSA debacle continue to stack up, even as Federal Student Aid Director Richard Cordray leaves the situation behind. We needn’t act like if college counselors and advocates don’t throw their summer plans aside to help every student access a university, all those college dreams must disappear.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 28, 2024

The issues closest to my heart—those that affect our students and education equity—are being largely ignored by the presidential candidates. After the failed initial rollout of a simplified FAFSA there could be devastating impacts on higher education enrollment for the next several years.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 30, 2024

million Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA ® ) forms have been successfully submitted since the 2024-25 redesigned application went live Dec. The data come a few weeks after ED announced more than one million FAFSA forms had been submitted and the form were accessible 24/7. More than 3.1

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College Aid Services

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Federal Student Aid has started to email FAFSA applicants to advise them to check their form’s status in “the first half of March.” ” The communication failed short of providing any new information or an exact date.

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College Aid Consulting Services

JANUARY 12, 2024

The CSS Profile is a financial aid application required by over 200 colleges and universities in the United States. Additionally, some colleges use the CSS Profile to determine a student’s eligibility for merit-based scholarships. FAFSA Deadline: The FAFSA deadline (Federal) is June 30 th 2025.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

A proposed federal financial aid policy could change the lives of postsecondary students, particularly Black and Latinx students, by allowing them to spend less out-of-pocket for their degrees and prevent the accumulation of student debt, which remains financially crippling for many graduates.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 1, 2023

Minnesota students who are undocumented immigrants will be eligible for the state's new tuition-free college program , Axios reported. Those who submit a FAFSA or Minnesota Dream Act application for the 2024-2025 academic year will be considered automatically. 5-10% of students without legal status who graduate from U.S.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 11, 2023

Any associate’s degree or “short-term certificate program” will be eligible, but students already enrolled will not be. Submission of a separate application is not needed, just the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA).

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College Aid Services

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Federal Student Aid will host a live internet webinar on November 8th to provide administrators with an update on processing for the 2024–25 FAFSA , beta testing for the 2025–26 FAFSA, and when the upcoming application will be available.

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College Aid Consulting Services

JUNE 8, 2022

Here is an update on the FAFSA Changes For 2024-25. The Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) will see the majority of changes starting in the 2024-25 academic year and not in the 2023-24 year that was originally planned. However, the new FAFSA application will be released on Oct 1, 2022.

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CFAA College Financial Aid Advisors

MAY 20, 2023

Each year, students and families file the FAFSA to help determine funding for their college careers. The 2023 FAFSA won’t open until December, which is later than normal. The post How to Prepare for Your FAFSA Application in the Spring appeared first on CFAA. Every year, many families fail.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 25, 2024

Education Department (ED) said it has discovered a calculation error in student financial aid applications sent to colleges this month and will need to reprocess them, potentially continuing delays for college applications. Department of Education. “It The guide will be updated regularly through April 2024.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Latino college students face significant barriers across the United States, according to UnidosUS, the largest Latino civil rights and advocacy organization who released a new national survey on Tuesday. Each year nearly one million Latino students turn 18 years of age and graduate from high school. 16 and Sept.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

One of the reasons that many of these efforts haven’t made as much difference as they could have is the administrative burdens that they place on students—the difficulty of the steps that students and their families must go through to apply for financial aid, or even to college at all. “By

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College Aid Consulting Services

JULY 25, 2023

Discover our Top 10 FAFSA Tips for Divorced Parents in 2024—expert guidance tailored for navigating college financial aid. These insights stem from frequent inquiries and our seasoned experience in aiding divorced parents with the FAFSA. Both parents’ income and assets are reported on the FAFSA, even if divorced and/or remarried.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

But like other free tuition initiatives for Native American students, it’s not quite as simple as it sounds. North Star Promise provides free college tuition to help make education after high school possible for more Minnesota students and families,” is written on the Minnesota Office of Higher Education website. Dr. Gresham D.

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College Aid Services

APRIL 5, 2023

Draft versions of the proposed 2024–25 Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA®) form and the FAFSA Submission Summary (formerly known as the Student Aid Report) are available for public comment. These forms are used by individuals applying for federal student aid.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 5, 2023

To be eligible, students must apply for the Michigan Reconnect Scholarship by Nov. 15, 2024; apply to a Michigan community or tribal college; file a Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA); and enroll in a program of study and begin coursework no later than Fall 2024.

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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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College Aid Services

AUGUST 7, 2024

Department of Education (Department) today announced that the 2025-26 Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA® form) will be launched through a new process. Starting on October 1, the Department will release the 2025-26 FAFSA form for testing with a limited set of students and institutions.

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College Aid Services

MAY 20, 2024

Federal Student Aid confirmed this past Friday in an electronic announcement that it has successfully reprocessed FAFSA records that were negatively affected by issues with FPS and FA-DDX.

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College Aid Consulting Services

JANUARY 5, 2024

With the rising cost of higher education, many students and their families are concerned about affordability. As a financial aid consultant, I’ve noticed a trend in the most searched colleges and universities—an indication of where students hope to invest their futures.

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College Aid Services

JANUARY 30, 2024

million FAFSA applications have been successfully submitted and that they have updated the supporting tables used in the Student Aid Index (SAI) calculation to account for inflation. Department of Education announced that more than 3.1 An additional $1.8 billion in federal aid was at stake if the tables were not adjusted.

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