Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 25, 2024

Education Department (ED) said it has discovered a calculation error in student financial aid applications sent to colleges this month and will need to reprocess them, potentially continuing delays for college applications.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 13, 2024

This year, helping her high school seniors through the newly simplified FAFSA application process has been more stressful than simple. Iné Collins has been a school counselor at Ewing High School in New Jersey since August 2022. Iné Collins, school counselor at Ewing High School in New Jersey.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Could future applicants be prevented from speaking fully about their racial identities? Could it prevent DEI offices from funding ethnic student resource centers and programs? Coleman was peppered with questions about what might happen and the potential implications. Could a decision impact eligibility for scholarships?

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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 data reveal that about 600,000 expected applicants have not yet submitted a FAFSA.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 27, 2023

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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College Planners of America

APRIL 28, 2023

This will adversely affect the college plans of students planning to apply in the 2023-24 admissions cycle as well as students who need to re-apply for Federal aid each year. Some state grant programs have deadlines as early as February 1, so the later the FAFSA is available, the less time students have to apply.

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