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FAFSA Guidance for Applicants Under Age 13

College Aid Services

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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Dept. of Education Issues Guidance on Handling FAFSA Data When Administering Student Aid

College Aid Services

The federal government published a comprehensive guide to how Title IV institutions state grant agencies, and contractors can utilize personally identifiable information that they receive from the FAFSA Application. of Education Issues Guidance on Handling FAFSA Data When Administering Student Aid The post Dept.

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Updates to Decades-Old New Federal Standards for Race, Ethnicity Data Will Change How Students are Counted

IHEP Institute for Higher Education Policy

Higher education leaders, institutions, and systems need data that are accurate, accessible, and disaggregated by race and ethnicity in ways that reflect the increasing diversity of today’s students. For example, Asian students can share their specific ancestry (e.g. Previously, MENA was included under the definition of White.

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2025-26 FAFSA Specifications Guide (August 2024 Update)

College Aid Services

Federal Student Aid has released the first four volumes of the 2025-26 FAFSA Specifications Guide. The volumes contained in this guide contain FAFSA Processing System (FPS) technical information for the 2025-26 award year and are only available as PDF documents at this time.

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FSA to Roll Out 2024-25 and 2025-26 FAFSA Batch Corrections by Early 2025 (Nov. 8 Update)

College Aid Services

Originally scheduled for release in August, Federal Student Aid announced yesterday that batch corrections will not be available for the 2024-25 FAFSA. This surprising announcement places a significant burden on Financial Aid Administrators and may cause further delays in granting aid to students.

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2025–26 FAFSA Specifications Guide (October 2024 Update)

College Aid Services

Federal Student Aid has added Volume 7 – Comment Codes to the 2025-26 FAFSA Specifications Guide.

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2024-25 FAFSA Specifications Guide (February 2024 Update)

College Aid Services

Federal Student Aid has updated the draft 2024–25 FAFSA Specifications Guide. The volumes contained in this guide contain FAFSA Processing System (FPS) technical and processing information for the 2024–25 award year. What changed?

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