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Data-Informed College Decisions: Students Deserve Clear, Consistent, and Complete Financial Aid Offers

IHEP Institute for Higher Education Policy

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. Department of Education’s Federal Student Aid office. 6] National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators.

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Department of Education Announces Steps to Make Better FAFSA® More Readily Accessible

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Last week, ED announced $50 million in funding for personnel and resources, including technical assistance and support, deployed to support institutions, students and their families with Better FAFSA®. The goal is for this to be transformational for hundreds of thousands of additional students. Cardona said that by Feb.

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Report: How Universities Are Preparing for The End of The Pandemic Loan Pause

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

About 43 million people are expected to resume or start repayments of their student loans. 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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Fight Over Student Debt Cancellation Hits Supreme Court

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

After months of uncertainty for borrowers, the Biden administration’s student loan debt cancellation program, which offers $10,000 of relief to those making up to $125,000 and $20,000 for Pell Grant recipients, came before the Supreme Court on Tuesday, in oral arguments that stretched for over an hour past their scheduled time.

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Supreme Court Rules Student Loan Forgiveness Unconstitutional

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Supreme Court dashed the hopes of 40 million student borrowers Friday, striking down President Joe Biden’s student loan forgiveness program. The tone of the opinion and the reasoning suggest that the conservative supermajority would oppose an administration effort to do the same thing relying on a different law,” he said. “I