CFAA College Financial Aid Advisors

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

February is one of my favorite months of the year because it’s National Financial Aid Awareness Month. Throughout this month, all of us in the higher education community make an extra effort to provide even more information about how to use and access financial aid for college. for financial aid.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Virginia Tech has launched an initiative to improve access and affordability to the school for Virginia students. “A In order for Virginia Tech to continue to be a destination for talent, we have to offer competitive financial aid packages, particularly for our most financially vulnerable families,” Pratt said.

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CFAA College Financial Aid Advisors

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Maximize Your Financial Aid By Understanding the New Student Aid Index One of the biggest updates to the FAFSA is the introduction of the Student Aid Index (SAI). The Student Aid Index is replacing the Expected Family Contribution, which was the amount a family would have to pay out-of-pocket for college expenses.

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CFAA College Financial Aid Advisors

DECEMBER 11, 2023

How the FAFSA is Making Financial Aid More Accessible to Families Nationwide In the last year and a half, the Free Application for Federal Student Aid – or FAFSA – has undergone major changes to make the application easier to complete for students nationwide. Who should file the FAFSA? That’s a huge change!

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CFAA College Financial Aid Advisors

JUNE 26, 2023

These simplifications are also meant to make financial aid more accessible for all families. One of the biggest changes to the FAFSA is the NEW Student Aid Index (the old. The post How the New Student Aid Index Will Impact Your Family’s Financial Aid Eligibility appeared first on CFAA.

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School & Student Services by Community Brands

MARCH 12, 2024

If you’re considering a new solution for processing financial aid, here are five benefits a strong financial aid processing solution should offer you. 1. A centralized dashboard provides clear insights and a roadmap for your potential financial aid awarding.

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School & Student Services by Community Brands

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

The need for more financial aid is increasing as the trend towards rising enrollment in private schools continues to grow. Minority families, middle-class, and higher-income families are all included in the latest data showing a higher need for financial aid.

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The University Innovation Alliance

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Completion Grants: Innovative Financial Aid for Today's Students. Student Aid. The University Innovation Alliance (UIA) was honored to partner with The Chronicle of Higher Education for its September 29, 2022 panel discussion on innovative financial aid for today's students. Thu, 11/03/2022 - 06:00. Graduation.

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School & Student Services by Community Brands

JANUARY 12, 2023

When providing financial aid for students at private schools, administrators have the important job of organizing and managing who receives funding and deciding how to keep track of each recipient. These financial aid tips for school administrators can help you learn how to manage student funds for your school.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 24, 2024

Harry Williams The changes in the FAFSA process adds an additional layer of complexity to an already intricate system, creating more hurdles for Black students to access and secure the financial aid that is crucial for their educational journey.

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CFAA College Financial Aid Advisors

OCTOBER 31, 2023

There’s normal school work and extracurriculars, as well as the various deadlines for applications and financial aid. Yet, it’s important to track the deadlines so that you have the best chance of getting your financial aid application in – and then, the best chance of getting the maximum aid available to you.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 30, 2024

The data come a few weeks after ED announced more than one million FAFSA forms had been submitted and the form were accessible 24/7. James Kvaal ED updated the supporting tables used in the Student Aid Index calculation — which replaced the Expected Family Contribution formula — that account for inflation.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 4, 2024

We don’t want the unprecedented delays and changes in this year’s federal aid application process to deter them from coming to CUNY or any college." They will help high school seniors with the journey of applying to and entering college, including the financial aid process, according to CUNY officials. Matos Rodríguez. "We

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Department of Education (ED) is delaying the sending out of student information relevant for financial aid calculations to institutions, higher ed scholars and officials have voiced concern and uncertainty over how this change will affect low-income and first-generation students in particular. 30 instead of the usual Oct.

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School & Student Services by Community Brands

JUNE 11, 2022

Spring cleaning your home is good for your health , so it’s not surprising that spring cleaning your financial aid is good for the health of your K-12 school. By cleaning up your financial aid folders, you can clear out the clutter and improve your organization. How to Clean Up Your Financial Aid Folders.

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IEFA

OCTOBER 26, 2023

In this blog post, we’ll guide you through the world of finding financial aid for international students, exploring scholarships, grants and student loans to make your dream of studying abroad a reality. Understanding financial aid options Four primary options exist for college students seeking financial assistance to study in the U.S.:

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IHEP Institute for Higher Education Policy

MAY 31, 2019

Unfortunately, recent research suggests that many students are not provided clear, concise, and accurate information they need to fully understand the financial implications of the choices they have made. Moreover, schools have resources at their disposal to do so. Moreover, schools have resources at their disposal to do so.

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CFAA College Financial Aid Advisors

OCTOBER 23, 2023

There’s normal school work and extracurriculars, as well as the various deadlines for applications and financial aid. Yet, it’s important to track the deadlines so that you have the best chance of getting your financial aid application in – and then, the best chance of getting the maximum aid available to you.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 13, 2024

Institutions review the data and put together a financial aid offer, helping families decide which institution is the best fit for them and their wallets. The worst-case scenario, we expect less students to access and attain a critical postsecondary credential. “We

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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. Exceeding storage capacity. Build Your Strategy.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 15, 2024

These efforts represent a crucial step toward enhancing access to education for all borrowers, including low-income borrowers in underserved communities.”

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HEAG

MAY 17, 2024

Although the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) serves as a gateway for millions of students to access critical financial assistance to make their dreams of a higher education accessible, this year’s application rollout has added significant barriers to … Read more ».

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College Aid Services

MAY 1, 2024

Users without a Social Security Number (SSN) will have access to the 2024-25 FAFSA thanks to a series of changes that the Department has recently implemented to address the ongoing issues for this population.

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School & Student Services by Community Brands

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Are You a New Financial Aid Professional? For those new to the financial aid profession, there’s added pressure to make sound decisions for your school and families in need—talk about a balancing act! Wouldn’t it be nice to have a guidebook that tells you exactly what you need to know in your new financial aid role?

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College Aid Services

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Posted: December 05, 2022 Author: Federal Student Aid Subject: 2022 Virtual Federal Student Aid Training Conference – On-Demand Access Available Until March 2023 We would like to thank our partners in the financial aid community for participating last week in the 2022 Virtual Federal Student Aid Training Conference!

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Despite federal and state financial aid, 23% of undergraduates, an estimated 4 million nationally, lack the resources to afford adequate food on a regular basis. Tax dollars fund federal financial aid at these schools, and we shouldn’t allow that investment to be undermined by hunger.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 26, 2024

Cordray’s office has also undergone scrutiny and criticism for its botched rollout of changes to the Free Application for Federal Student Aid , or FAFSA, which were supposed to simplify the application process and expand access to underserved students and their families.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

One of the reasons that many of these efforts haven’t made as much difference as they could have is the administrative burdens that they place on students—the difficulty of the steps that students and their families must go through to apply for financial aid, or even to college at all. “By said Gándara. “Or

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Some students placed on academic probation lost access to financial aid and needed to raise their GPA to regain access to aid—a common catch-22 whereby students cannot reenroll and improve their grades without financial aid, and cannot get financial aid unless they reenroll and improve their grades,” the report noted.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 17, 2023

The proposed regulations would also make publicly available the out-of-pocket costs for undergraduate and graduate degree programs and require students to acknowledge this information before getting federal financial aid to attend programs consistently leaving participants with high debt. “We

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 7, 2023

Program participants get access to early advising from their college of choice, academic counseling, and financial aid, while not having to face specific tests or transfer application fees. This agreement also creates SAU’s third national HBCU Urban Access Hub. “I

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College Planners of America

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Among these is the possibility that some of that money will trickle down to students as financial aid. As preoccupied as seniors are, they should find the time to verify that a targeted college is financially stable and they should review its endowment status. Has the college been the recipient of major gifts? Bloomberg $1.8

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 24, 2024

HB261 also prohibits institutions from considering an individual’s personal identity characteristics in determining receipt of state financial aid, including waivers, but excluding private scholarships.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 12, 2023

college, university, and technical and vocational institutions eligible to participate in any of the Title IV federal student financial aid programs. Miguel Cardona IPEDS gathers information annually from U.S. Secretary of Education Dr. Miguel A.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 20, 2023

The Department of Education’s announcement last week of a secret shopper program to investigate the recruitment, enrollment, and financial aid practices of schools has garnered mixed reactions. While advocates of access hailed the policy, the for-profit sector and financial aid offices raised worries.

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HEAG

APRIL 5, 2024

April is not just a month of blooming flowers and warming weather; it’s also Financial Literacy Month—a time dedicated to promoting awareness and education about financial matters. However, as we delve into discussions about financial aid, scholarships, managing money, investing, … Read more ».

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

“This is important for our students here at SLCC, where most work and go to school part time, and often are helping take care of families,” said Josh Montavon, SLCC director of financial aid and scholarships.

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