Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Greg Nayor In what has been another delay, ED announced last week that schools and agencies involved in financial aid will receive Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) information – which they use to determine student total financial aid offerings – until the first half of March. 8 – had left applicants frustrated.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Mitra, vice president of student affairs & enrollment management at Queensborough Community College When asked if the FAFSA impacted freshman enrollment, Shapiro said the data doesn’t address that issue. The report’s preliminary data indicates the most significant decline is at four-year institutions that serve low-income students.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

From 2010 to 2020, AAP had an exchange program with Vrije University in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, that targeted the exchange of low-income, first generation, and underrepresented students. Alexander is working with Erasmus University in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, to do a similar student exchange starting in the fall of 2025.

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The College Pod

JUNE 8, 2024

The Student Aid Index (SAI) is an essential concept in the world of financial aid for college. It replaced the Expected Family Contribution (EFC) starting with the 2024-2025 Free Application for Federal Student Aid ( FAFSA ). What Is the Student Aid Index? A student's SAI could range from -1,500 to above 99,999.

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EAB

APRIL 18, 2023

Blogs What enrollment leaders need to know about the upcoming FAFSA changes Updated April 2023 As most of us in enrollment know, the FAFSA is set to substantially change for the 2024-2025 academic year. Fall 2023 – The FAFSA Estimator will be released, allowing students to determine eligibility for federal student aid.

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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. As noted in a recent post, the U.S. billion in forgone Federal aid.

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COE

JUNE 3, 2025

More Than 10,000 TRIO Alumni Urge Congress to Protect Federal TRIO Programs June 3, 2025 by Terrance L. The Trump Administrations claim that access is no longer an obstacle for low-income students is flatly contradicted by data and by the lived experience of more than 6 million TRIO alumni.

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