The College Pod

JANUARY 13, 2025

The gateway to financial aid--including grant, scholarships, and loans--is the Free Application for Federal Student Aid ( FAFSA ) students must complete before they enter college and every year they are in college. Check out the loan types and other features below.

Student loans

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 2, 2024

Casualties of the ongoing FAFSA debacle continue to stack up, even as Federal Student Aid Director Richard Cordray leaves the situation behind. The FAFSA should be operational long before year’s end. While the U.S. Heck, I attended a college prep high school , where suggesting that someone attend community college was an insult.

FAFSA

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 17, 2024

Mendoza is roughly a decade into her teaching career, one that has been tumultuous due to circumstances outside her control. She tries to help her students navigate some of them, such as the FAFSA process and the registrar. I love my teaching. As the first person in her family to go to a U.S. I love my students.

Mental health

College Aid Services

MAY 10, 2024

Today the Department released several 2024-25 FAFSA updates including the timeline for processing Paper FAFSA forms and when school-initiated corrections will become available. In addition the deadline has been extended for reporting Direct Loan, Pell Grant, and TEACH Grant program disbursements.

FAFSA

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Campus conflicts and the FAFSA debacle contribute to a steady drumbeat of bad news, eroding public confidence. This includes integrating Latine epistemologies into teaching and advising practices. It’s easy these days to feel pessimistic about the state of higher education.

Inclusion

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 28, 2024

Through the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA), community college students should automatically qualify for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). Community colleges will be provided with funds to support and finance teaching and learning innovation at our campuses.

Leadership

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

During that summer, we’re not only doing the academic part, but also teaching them skills in terms of how to negotiate campus.” AAP’s research, assessment, and evaluation unit conducts surveys, reviews grades and hosts focus groups to collect data on the summer bridge programs.

Success

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 14, 2025

She became the first in her family to attend college, struggling through first-generation woes like the unfamiliarity with FAFSA, scholarships, or even how to pay for her attendance. It really has to be informed by research, teaching, and practice. For Cureton, education was the key to living her dreams.

Teaching

EAB

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

This came to a halt following the 1994 Violent Crime Control and Enforcement Act and FAFSA Simplification Act, which put to an end to Pell Grant funding for incarcerated individuals. Princeton University’s Prison Teaching Initiative offers incarcerated students college-level credit that can be applied toward an associate degree.

Grant

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 9, 2023

We offer faculty workshops on culturally sensitive teaching.” Also, the Undergraduate Teaching Assistant Program connects students with faculty in their field of study. “A Recruitment materials, campus tours, and FAFSA open houses are bilingual as are several members of the student affairs staff.

Retention

The University Innovation Alliance

APRIL 20, 2023

So it's imperative to explore how AI can accelerate teaching and learning." So we looked at the data and found that the majority were getting tripped up by the bureaucracy: FAFSA, transcripts, immunization, deposits, registration, and so forth. And when mistakes happen, use them as teaching moments.

Communication

CFAA College Financial Aid Advisors

JANUARY 1, 2024

I see families complete the FAFSA with great expectations but they’re often disappointed when they don’t qualify for as much aid as they’d hoped. 2: Teach your children more about the value of money this year Too many students reach college age without having any concept of the value of money.

Financial aid

UofO First-Generation Student Support Blog

JANUARY 19, 2021

While my parents fueled my motivation to earn a college degree, I was left to figure out the admission process, FAFSA, and other financial pieces, but I did not do it alone. In doing so, I was able to teach first- and second-year level Spanish courses here at UO as a graduate teaching assistant.

Financial aid officer

The Counseling Geek

MAY 16, 2024

For instance, AP teachers are required to align their teaching with the high standards set by the College Board, which involves creating detailed course materials that meet specific curriculum requirements. I, for example, am a high school counselor and have seniors on my caseload this year.

Education

CFAA College Financial Aid Advisors

JUNE 10, 2024

Teach them basic budgeting skills and encourage responsible spending habits. More about Jodi and College Financial Aid Advisors Jodi is a FAFSA financial advisor who helps with the financial aid process to help families of college students maximize their financial aid. Congratulations on this exciting transition!!

Financial aid

CFAA College Financial Aid Advisors

APRIL 8, 2024

Teach them not to borrow to finance a lifestyle that might actually be out of reach. More about Jodi and College Financial Aid Advisors Jodi is a FAFSA financial advisor who helps with the financial aid process to help families of college students maximize their financial aid. It’s important to live within your means.

Financial aid

Counselors' Corner

AUGUST 31, 2022

FAFSA changes The new and shorter FAFSA is still a year away, thanks to COVID and some logistical issues. Back to classrooms Perhaps the biggest change counselors will address this year is the return of many or most schools to full-time in-person teaching.

Mental health

COE

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Teach a man to fish, and you feed him for a lifetime.” Blog Revised FAFSA Release Date Pushed Back – What You Need to Know! My desire to work towards more permanent impact was only intensified by my service as a representative on the New Haven Board of Young Adult Police Commissioners (YAPC).

Higher education

EAB

JUNE 1, 2023

The delivery of high quality in-person experiences has required significant coordination of site visits and clearances for teaching faculty. Requirements for PEPs Eligibility Student eligibility: Expected in July of 2023, confined or incarcerated individuals will be broadly eligible for Pell Grants upon completion of the FAFSA.

Education

IEFA

JANUARY 3, 2024

To apply for federal student aid, start by filling out the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). Your FAFSA form will determine your eligibility for various federal student aid programs, including subsidized and unsubsidized loans.

Financial aid officer

Student Research Foundation

JANUARY 26, 2023

How many students are you teaching or counseling who can meet all those criteria? In the eyes of many college admissions officials, the “perfect” applicant is a student who has a top GPA, near- perfect scores on the ACT or SAT tests , and whose family is ready and able to pay full tuition. But let’s face reality. Chances are, very few.

Financial aid

Student Loan Hero

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Furthermore, students must agree to a two-year commitment of teaching, researching or working directly with the minority groups listed above within one year of graduation. Recipients must attend the NBCC Foundation’s Bridging the Gap Symposium in the summer, along with two training events during the school year.

Scholarship

EAB

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

So this is all part of the FAFSA Simplification Act, which as I said before, overturns the ban on Pell Grant eligibility for incarcerated people. chuckle] So one more example to throw into the mix is the Princeton University's prison teaching initiative. This program is 150 volunteers that teach. CP: Yes, for sure.

Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 31, 2023

The NCAN started with the number of high school graduates who did not fill out the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA), which was roughly 1.65 There are plenty of reasons why students who might be eligible for Pell Grants might not complete the FAFSA. A lot of it is the teachings of the Mormon church. billion total.

FAFSA

EAB

AUGUST 29, 2023

And in general, our researchers have identified the following traits, there are five of them that we think are gonna have a material impact, not only on teaching these students effectively once they enroll, but actually getting their attention and gaining their trust and engagement during the recruitment process.

Communication

COE

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

With support from donors, we also create initiatives that assist students, scholars, and artists whose lives and work are threatened; expand teaching and learning across cultures; and provide opportunities to underserved populations. Blog Revised FAFSA Release Date Pushed Back – What You Need to Know!

Equity

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 15, 2024

Tangentially related is the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) — and ED’s ongoing delays and complications with it this college application cycle — which is not exactly a “sexy” topic of discussion, Marcus says. “I He expects such attacks to be met with legal challenges from groups like the ACLU and the NAACP.

Higher education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 24, 2025

She became the first in her family to attend college, struggling through first-generation woes like the unfamiliarity with FAFSA, scholarships, or even how to pay for her attendance. It really has to be informed by research, teaching, and practice. For Cureton, education was the key to living her dreams.

Teaching