College Planners of America

JANUARY 3, 2024

The 2024–25 Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) is now available through a soft launch by the Federal Student Aid (FSA) office of the U.S. You can complete the form to apply for financial aid to help pay for attendance at college between July 1, 2024, and June 30, 2025. Education Department (ED).

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College Planners of America

APRIL 5, 2024

The Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) is the means by which students obtain their fair share of the billions of dollars in Federal, state, and college financial aid to help defray the cost of college. The problems affecting the current admissions cycle began when the 2024-25 FAFSA was late.

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College Planners of America

APRIL 5, 2024

The Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) is the means by which students obtain their fair share of the billions of dollars in Federal, state, and college financial aid to help defray the cost of college. The problems affecting the current admissions cycle began when the 2024-25 FAFSA was late.

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College Planners of America

APRIL 28, 2024

Due to the disastrous rollout of the new FAFSA, most new and continuing students still don’t know how much college will cost them next year. FAFSA submissions have declined as a result, but not equally across all demographics. This glitch caused their FAFSA’s to be rejected by the ED.

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College Planners of America

APRIL 28, 2024

Due to the disastrous rollout of the new FAFSA, most new and continuing students still don’t know how much college will cost them next year. FAFSA submissions have declined as a result, but not equally across all demographics. This glitch caused their FAFSA’s to be rejected by the ED.

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NACAC's Admitted

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Financial aid discussions have centered on simplifying FAFSA and increasing federal Pell Grants – all important – but federal student aid policies are only one funding source for families trying to determine how to pay for college. However, the rising costs of college are increasingly out of reach for many students.

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College Planners of America

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

The student financial aid system has always been complex. With this year’s new FAFSA and its inept rollout by the U.S. We reviewed the status of the FAFSA rollout in the last post. In this post, we review three important rule changes in the 2020 FAFSA Simplification Act (the Act ) that took effect this year.

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College Planners of America

MAY 22, 2023

Nearly 18 million college students receive some type of Federal financial aid every year. Due to pending FAFSA rules changes, the percentage of these students who are from farm families can be expected to drop significantly. The new rules will take effect this December with the release of the new FAFSA for 2024-25.

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College Planners of America

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Submission of the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) is an essential step for all students seeking Federal, state, institutional, and private financial aid. To improve the financial aid process, the FAFSA Simplification Act was enacted by Congress on December 27, 2020.

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College Planners of America

OCTOBER 30, 2023

The amount of a student’s FWS award depends on when he or she submitted the FAFSA, the level of the family’s financial need, and the school’s availability of FWS funding. Applying for the FWS Program FWS is limited to students with a financial need as determined through the FAFSA process. However, 2023 is an exception.

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Moneyman

JUNE 2, 2020

When you are selected for verification , it can feel like a burden, and it may feel like those of us who are working in financial aid are trying to “get into your business” Trust moneyman, it isn’t our choice. Page 132 of the 2020-21 AVG. Don’t leave your financial aid unclaimed!

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Moneyman

MAY 31, 2020

The total amount of funds that the institution will receive or has received from the Department pursuant to the institution’s Certification and Agreement [for] Emergency Financial Aid Grants to Students. Any instructions, directions, or guidance provided by the institution to students concerning the Emergency Financial Aid Grants.

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College Planners of America

OCTOBER 27, 2022

Merit Aid and “Merit Aid”. Need-based aid focuses on a family’s income as reported on the FAFSA. Applicants await the results of the FAFSA process to find out how much need-based aid is available to them from public agencies, colleges, and other sources. It becomes part of a common database accessed by U.S.

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College Planners of America

JANUARY 5, 2023

Fortunately, most students pay less than a college’s published price by taking advantage of the financial aid that’s available to them. Cost of attendance and financial aid availability change year to year. In 2020-2021, 95% of our full-time beginning undergraduates received grant/scholarship aid.”.

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College Planners of America

APRIL 18, 2023

It’s the maximum amount that a student would pay if no financial aid were available to defray the cost. Understanding COA helps a student calculate the amount of savings, financial aid, and other sources of funds that will be necessary for them to attend a particular college.

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College Planners of America

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Families reported spending an average of $25,313 for college in 2021–22, a 4% decrease from 2020–21, marking the second year of lower average college spending by families. This percentage was unchanged from 2020-21. Some states and many colleges also rely on information from the FAFSA to determine need-based aid and merit scholarships.

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College Planners of America

MARCH 7, 2023

A student’s college determines eligibility for a Federal student loan based on the information submitted on the FAFSA form. If a student doesn’t want to receive more than one Federal student loan under the same MPN, they must notify their college’s financial aid office in writing each academic year.

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Moneyman

JUNE 12, 2020

The Department of Education just let us know they are about to issue a new rule that says “just kidding” on their previous “just kidding” For those of you who might need a refresher, here is where we are so far: The CARES Act is signed into law by the President on March 27, 2020.

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EAB

APRIL 5, 2023

3 recommendations to make your admissions practices more equitable My previous enrollment leadership roles spanned admissions, financial aid, and advising, so I understand all too well how each phase of a student’s educational journey is impacted by policies in each of these offices.

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Student Loan Hero

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Scholarship awards and financial aid can help ease the financial burden of attending college. Additional ways to fund your college education The cost of college continues to rise , with the 2020 average bachelor’s degree recipient graduating with an average of $28,400 in student loan debt.

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EAB

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

College Greenlight became part of EAB in 2020, and we continue to help students connect with colleges and universities to help them find their best college fit and the financial support that they need. chuckle] 0:22:12.9 JW: So that's very annoying to me, but I just think that like we have. JW: I guess, absolutely.

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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. It would be great if they could somehow continue.”

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Scholarship America

APRIL 3, 2023

While the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) typically opens for applications on October 1, the application for the 2024-25 school year has been delayed until sometime in December—a delay that could have ripple effects on students, families and scholarship programs. Why is the FAFSA late?

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College Planners of America

APRIL 28, 2023

Three years ago, Congress enacted long-overdue reforms in the passage of the FAFSA Simplification Act of 2020, which substantially improves Federal student aid process. Education Department ( ED ) was to complete the changes to the FAFSA system mandated by the Act in time for the 2022-23 award year (college admissions cycle).

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College Planners of America

JANUARY 31, 2024

Education Department (ED) announced in December that the revised FAFSA would be initially released as a “soft launch” on January 1 and that it would only perform a data store-and-forward operation for data processing by the ED at some future point. billion in forgone Federal aid. As noted in a recent post, the U.S.

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COE

APRIL 12, 2023

The Better FAFSA Release Date Pushed Back   April 12, 2023 — by Woodrow Lewis COE is working with partner organizations to acquire knowledge to ensure that TRIO professionals receive the most up-to-date information and training on the new FAFSA experience to support our students. December : The FSA will release the 2024-25 FAFSA form. COE

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College Planners of America

APRIL 24, 2024

” The development and rollout of the “Better FAFSA” by the U.S. In a normal year, the FAFSA goes online on October1. This year, the ED’s revision of the FAFSA form has caused extensive problems for colleges. A student’s choice of a college often depends heavily on the amount of financial aid that he or she will receive.

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College Planners of America

APRIL 24, 2024

” The development and rollout of the “Better FAFSA” by the U.S. In a normal year, the FAFSA goes online on October1. This year, the ED’s revision of the FAFSA form has caused extensive problems for colleges. A student’s choice of a college often depends heavily on the amount of financial aid that he or she will receive.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Some of the institutions which saw enrollment numbers increase included Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), Commodore adds, in part thanks to the boost of awareness from HBCU-alum and Democratic nominee Kamala Harris and the racial reckoning of 2020. Gasman agrees.

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