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Higher Ed Organization Leaders to Form Task Force to Address Financial Aid Confusion

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Higher ed association leaders are looking to address financial aid confusion by forming a task force to establish guiding principles and standards for student aid offers. Dr. Ted Mitchell Higher ed institutions often use different terminology and guidelines when providing financial aid information.

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Cardona Calls for FSA Changes, But Experts Say the Damage is Done

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

It’s been a year of missteps, miscalculations, confusion, delays, glitches, and frustration after the botched launch of the simplified FAFSA, which has prevented financial aid packages from being awarded to students with ample time to make plans for their future. Last week, Secretary of Education Dr. Miguel A.

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Enhancing Family Experiences Through Financial Aid: Solutions and Strategies for Private K-12 Schools

School & Student Services by Community Brands

The National Association of Independent Schools found over the course of the 2022-23 school year that 43 percent of students at boarding schools received financial aid , and at day schools that number was 24 percent. Expanding eligible financial aid for expenses beyond tuition, such as extracurricular activities, books, and supplies.

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NADOHE Panel: Colleges Must Prepare for Affirmative Action Verdicts Now

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

University of North Carolina , the cases that could re-shape the role of race in admissions or even ban it entirely, are not likely to be known until next June. Colleges and universities also need to prepare communications strategies for a range of possible decisions. The Supreme Court’s decisions in SFFA v. Harvard and SFFA v.

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Enhancing Family Experiences Through Financial Aid: Solutions and Strategies for Private K-12 Schools

School & Student Services by Community Brands

The National Association of Independent Schools found over the course of the 2022-23 school year that 43 percent of students at boarding schools received financial aid , and at day schools that number was 24 percent. Expanding eligible financial aid for expenses beyond tuition, such as extracurricular activities, books, and supplies.

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Plan Ahead to Make College Affordable

NACAC's Admitted

You are now in the middle of applying to numerous colleges and universities, completing the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA), and having staff at your school talk to you about scholarship opportunities. As a financial aid administrator for 26 years, this is when I get concerned.

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Plan Ahead to Make College Affordable

NACAC's Admitted

You are now in the middle of applying to numerous colleges and universities, completing the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA), and having staff at your school talk to you about scholarship opportunities. As a financial aid administrator for 26 years, this is when I get concerned.