IHEP Institute for Higher Education Policy

MAY 31, 2019

The authors identified several areas of concern, including misleading presentation of Parent PLUS loans and work-study grants, failing to list costs on the letter, failing to calculate the net price, and a lack of clear next steps for students and families. Department of Education’s Federal Student Aid office.

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CFAA College Financial Aid Advisors

JANUARY 3, 2024

How Finding Money for College Is Now Easier Than Ever For the last 40+ years, students and families have been frustrated by the process of filing the FAFSA. This single document is the key to funding a college education, yet it’s been one of the most notoriously difficult documents to file.

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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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College Planners of America

APRIL 24, 2024

Education Department (ED) is a prime example of Murphy’s Law in action. Students and, for those who are dependents, their parents, fill it out and submit it to the ED. The FAFSA eligibility calculation did not account for inflation from 2020 to 2023, which was 18%, so many students were incorrectly considered ineligible.

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CFAA College Financial Aid Advisors

MAY 6, 2024

As the gateway to federal financial aid for college, the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) is a crucial step for students and their families in securing funding for higher education. This year, in particular, has presented many students for families seeking aid for college.

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School & Student Services by Community Brands

APRIL 5, 2023

Financial aid is funding to help pay for a student’s education and comes in a variety of options, from scholarships to sibling discounts. Need-based financial aid, such as grants, is awarded based on an assessment of a family’s income and expenses. Grant funding comes directly from a school’s budget.

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CFAA College Financial Aid Advisors

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Be sure you know how much of each financial aid offer comes. You’re likely to see scholarships and grants you will not have to repay, and student loans that you will have to repay. Make one last effort at increasing financial aid Remember, the colleges are looking at financial aid information from the last year.

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CFAA College Financial Aid Advisors

DECEMBER 11, 2023

One thing that has not changed about the FAFSA is that any current high school senior who plans to attend college in the fall and any current college students should still file the FAFSA. As a reminder, the FAFSA gathers information about your financial needs so your student can be offered work-study, grants, and student loans.

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IEFA

AUGUST 6, 2022

A scholarship is an award of financial aid for a student to further their education. Scholarships are often made possible by donors who wish to support students in achieving their educational goals, including to study abroad. Differences between scholarships and grants.

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CFAA College Financial Aid Advisors

DECEMBER 3, 2023

During the application, families will give consent to the Department of Education to send their identifying information to the IRS, who will match up records and retrieve the necessary financial aid information for the FAFSA. How are the updates impacting Pell Grants or other offers for low to middle income students?

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CFAA College Financial Aid Advisors

MARCH 25, 2024

Although attending college provides many benefits in terms of expanding your horizons, introducing you to new people, and helping you grow up, the primary purpose is to provide an education that will help you achieve your life goals beyond college. Schedule a 15 Minute Power Chat to learn more about finding ways to pay for college.

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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. Department of Education.

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College Planners of America

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

One of the most popular student financial aid programs managed by the U.S. Education Department (ED) is the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program, and it’s easy to figure out why. But it isn’t as simple as it sounds. Months while a borrower spent at least 12 months of consecutive forbearance.

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College Planners of America

APRIL 28, 2023

The Actensures that more families in financial need will receive aid. million additional students are expected to qualify for Federal student aid every year under the Act. FAFSA data is also critical for the states that use it as the basis for their own awards of financial aid. Originally, the U.S.

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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. Changes in who is responsible for paying for COVID tests and treatments could affect campuses, for example.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

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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EAB

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Blogs Your student loan payments are due: 3 strategies to support community college students’ financial wellness When I think back to my time in college, student loans were something that nearly everyone had, but not something any of us fully understood. Specifically, we weren’t educated on how to repay them.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 25, 2023

Higher education is bracing as the nation's debt ceiling nears its limit, The Hill reported. defaults, colleges and universities would lose significant federal funding and students may lose access to aid. You see the reduction of Pell Grants that could affect about 6.6 If no deal is made, the U.S. And if the U.S.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 30, 2023

The plan would have offered $10,000 of relief to borrowers making under $125,000 and $20,000 to those who had received Pell grants, for an estimated $430 billion of forgiveness. The court ruled that although MOHELA is distinct from the state itself, Missouri may still sue to remedy harm involving the non-profit.

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