School & Student Services by Community Brands

AUGUST 11, 2022

Summer is here, which means financial aid season is just around the corner, and many of you will be opening digital piles of applications in September. Taking a proactive approach to completing your K-12 financial aid prep tasks can help ease some of the burdens. How did your forecasting compare to actual results?

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College Aid Services

JANUARY 31, 2025

Federal Student Aid announced the preliminary funding levels for the Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant (FSEOG) and Federal Work-Study (FWS) programs for the 2025-26 academic year, based on the 2024-25 award year appropriations.

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College Aid Services

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

These reports are designed to test the impact of regulatory flexibilities in Title IV aid programs, review important topic such as Pell grants for incarcerated students, Federal Work-Study programs, and competency-based education.

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College Aid Services

JULY 30, 2024

Recently, state grant agencies were also included in… More » Guidance on Means-Tested Benefits Outreach for Institutions and State Grant Agencies The post Guidance on Means-Tested Benefits Outreach for Institutions and State Grant Agencies first appeared on College Aid Services.

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College Planners of America

MAY 13, 2023

This fact, which is expected to cause difficulties throughout the financial aid and college admissions process, is glossed over by the positive spin that the ED has adopted for the Better FAFSA Better Future Roadmap (Roadmap) that is the primary instrument for the rollout.

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College Aid Services

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Two volumes from the 2024-2025 Federal Student Aid Handbook regarding student eligibility for awards, parent borrowers, and Pell Grants are now publicly available. To access all nine volumes of the handbook or submit any questions that you may have, visit FSA’s Knowledge Center as well as their Customer Support webpages.

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College Aid Services

AUGUST 22, 2024

FSA announced that it began processing the third and final Pell Grant Administrative Cost Allowance (ACA) for 2022-23, which awards eligible institutions with $5.00 payments per recipient to cover costs associated with administering federal aid programs.

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College Aid Services

JUNE 21, 2024

Starting July 1st, Financial Aid offices will receive the NSLDS Incarcerated Student Report: a new annual report that identifies Pell Grant recipients who are incarcerated or confined without a release date.

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College Aid Services

JULY 10, 2024

Federal Student Aid has provided several tools that institutions can utilize until the National Student Loan Data System (NSLDS) post-screening and identity verification processes are available later this year for 2024-25.

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The University Innovation Alliance

AUGUST 11, 2022

The roots of these equity gaps in many places fall at the feet of the colleges and institutions themselves, the way we admit students, the way we advise them, the way we register them for classes, the way we package them for financial aid.". How to Improve Student Outcomes. in Religion from Princeton University.

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College Aid Services

MARCH 3, 2023

On March 2nd, 2023, the U.S.

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EAB

JUNE 30, 2023

Improve compliance reporting IPEDS reporting (among other compliance reports) is a necessity for any institution receiving state or federal funding, but compiling and submitting IPEDS data is tedious and time-consuming. Edify uses plain-language terminology for its data fields to ensure everyone understands the data they access.

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College Aid Services

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

This notice applies to the following programs: Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA), the Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant Program (FSEOG) Program, the Federal Work-Study (FWS) Program, the Federal Pell Grant (Pell… More » Don’t Miss Out: Key Deadlines for 2024-25 Academic Year The post Don’t Miss Out: Key Deadlines (..)

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College Aid Services

APRIL 12, 2024

POSTED DATE: April 12, 2024 AUTHOR: Federal Student Aid ELECTRONIC ANNOUNCEMENT ID: GRANTS-24-04 SUBJECT: 2023–24 Verification Reporting and Verification Status… More » 2023–24 Verification Reporting Reminders The post 2023–24 Verification Reporting Reminders first appeared on College Aid Services.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

I’m putting my time and energy into my education and volunteer efforts and living on campus on my scholarship and financial aid,” she says. Dr. Jennifer Nájera Another step forward came in 2013 with the passing of the California Dream Act, which made undocumented students eligible to apply for state financial aid.

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College Planners of America

APRIL 28, 2023

This will adversely affect the college plans of students planning to apply in the 2023-24 admissions cycle as well as students who need to re-apply for Federal aid each year. FAFSA data is also critical for the states that use it as the basis for their own awards of financial aid.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

These new steps include reducing verification requirements, suspending routine school compliance reviews and providing flexibility on renewing participation in the federal student aid programs. Our concierge service is up and running, and we’re getting ready to deploy financial aid experts to support colleges.”

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College Aid Services

DECEMBER 17, 2024

16, 2024: The TEACH Grant Program has… Read More » TEACH Grant Program Moves to StudentAid.gov with Upgraded Features (December 2024 Update) The post TEACH Grant Program Moves to StudentAid.gov with Upgraded Features (December 2024 Update) first appeared on College Aid Services. Update on Dec.

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College Aid Services

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

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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