College Aid Services

AUGUST 8, 2024

As Title IV administrators, we’re all too familiar with the term “conflicting information.” ” It’s a staple in our daily operations in higher education, and its regulatory definition can be found in 34 CFR 668.16(f), f), 34 CFR 668.16(b)(3), b)(3), and 34 CFR 668.54(a)(2).

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College Aid Consulting Services

OCTOBER 12, 2022

If you have any questions about school-specific deadlines, you should talk to your financial aid administrator. 2023–24 Academic Year State Deadlines: Alabama Contact Your Financial Aid Office – Check with your financial aid administrator. Arizona Contact Your Financial Aid Office.

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HEAG

OCTOBER 2, 2024

Department of Housing and Urban Development estimates that around 56,000 students in higher education experience homelessness annually. Navigating college is challenging for any student, but for those experiencing homelessness, the road is far more daunting. In fact, the U.S. This … Read more ».

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IHEP Institute for Higher Education Policy

MAY 31, 2019

While the legislation from Grassley, Smith, and Ernst is necessary to ensure uniformity in financial aid offers across higher education institutions, there is nothing to prevent individual institutions from improving the financial aid offers given to their prospective students in the meantime. 2] [link]. [3]

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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 Services

DECEMBER 6, 2023

In the landscape of financial aid administration, staffing challenges have persistently taken center stage, echoing across industry publications for the past five years.

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HEAG

JANUARY 11, 2024

In the ever-evolving landscape of higher education, institutions are continually seeking innovative ways to optimize their operations, streamline processes, and deliver top-notch services to their students. One crucial area that demands precision, accuracy, and efficiency is financial aid administration.

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School & Student Services by Community Brands

OCTOBER 31, 2024

With a greater understanding of these questions, schools are better able to devise financial aid policies and determine financial aid solutions that foster greater enrollment and strengthen the bonds of their communities. Financial aid administrators ultimately see themselves as championing the families they serve.

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HEAG

MARCH 6, 2025

Refugee and asylee students face unique challenges in accessing higher education, but financial aid administrators can play a crucial role in supporting them. These students are eligible for federal financial aid, yet navigating the documentation and verification processes can be … Read more .

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College Aid Services

APRIL 25, 2024

After fourteen years of commendable leadership, Justin Draeger has announced his resignation as President & CEO of the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators (NASFAA), effective June 21, 2024.

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College Aid Services

JULY 25, 2024

Volume 3 – Electronic Data Exchange and FAFSA Processing revisions explain that a financial aid administrator (FAA) cannot add or correct personally identifiable… More » 2024–25 FAFSA Specifications Guide (July 2024 Update) The post 2024–25 FAFSA Specifications Guide (July 2024 Update) first appeared on College Aid Services.

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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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School & Student Services by Community Brands

OCTOBER 16, 2024

With a greater understanding of these questions, schools are better able to devise financial aid policies and determine financial aid solutions that foster greater enrollment and strengthen the bonds of their communities. Financial aid administrators ultimately see themselves as championing the families they serve.

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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. They’ll have to refamiliarize themselves with the ‘normal-normal,’ as opposed to the ‘new normal.’”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 25, 2023

Higher education is bracing as the nation's debt ceiling nears its limit, The Hill reported. defaults, colleges and universities would lose significant federal funding and students may lose access to aid. Justin Draeger Republicans and President Biden have been in negotiations for weeks over the matter. And if the U.S.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

The state of Missouri argued that it would be damaged by the debt forgiveness through loss of revenue to the Missouri Higher Education Loan Authority (MOHELA), a quasi-state loan servicer. Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson expressed doubt that that would ever happen, and Justice Sonia Sotomayor called the position “so totally illogical.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 27, 2023

The National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators (NASFAA) has issued its final report and a toolkit for financial aid professionals across the nation in anticipation of the resumption of federal student loan repayments.

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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.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

These steps are a direct response to input we’ve received from financial aid administrators and college and university presidents about where they’re seeing challenges in implementing Better FAFSA and the concrete ways and steps we can take that help them process this information easier and simpler,” said Cardona.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 30, 2023

The state had argued that the Missouri Higher Education Loan Authority (MOHELA), a non-profit government corporation, would suffer decreased revenues and be unable to make mandatory payments into a state fund. But when it kicks in, the Secretary can take exceptional measures.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

With nearly 30 years of experience in financial aid and enrollment management, Slaughter has previously held positions as director of financial aid at DePauw University, the University of Redlands and Indiana University School of Music.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 20, 2023

Dr. Kyle Southern, associate vice president of higher education quality for The Institute for College Access and Success (TICAS), which has been calling for a secret shopper program and other oversight, agreed. This is a real win for students,” he said.

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