Financial aid administrators at community colleges across the country are facing unprecedented changes that affect all aspects of their operations. To help you stay abreast of new developments, HEAG is adding the Community College Watch as a regular post to our blog. From the prospect of free community college and FAFSA simplification to heightened cash monitoring and gainful employment compliance requirement, we will be tracking the issues affecting you in 2016.
America’s College Promise – Free Community College
FACT SHEET – White House Unveils America’s College Promise Proposal: Tuition-Free Community College for Responsible Students
Free Community College Initiatives
- Missouri A+ Scholarship Program
- The Tennessee Promise
- The Oregon Promise
- Kentucky
- Minnesota
- Chicago, IL
- Detroit, MI
- National Conference of State Legislatures – Free Community College: State Action
FAFSA Simplification
- White House Report: Simplifying Student Aid: The Case for an Easier, Faster, and More Accurate FAFSA
- FACT SHEET: The President’s Plan for Early Financial Aid: Improving College Choice and Helping More Americans Pay for College September 2015
- National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators (NASFAA) FAFSA Working Group Report July 2015 http://www.nasfaa.org/fafsa-report
The Higher Education Reauthorization Act
College Board Statistics on Community Colleges
HEAG Blogs and Newsletters
- College Board Statistics on Community Colleges for 2015
- Maintaining Compliance in Non-Standard and Non-Term Program Environments
- Department of Education Holding Institutions Accountable For Not Filing Gainful Employment Disclosures
- Are You in Compliance with Gainful Employment?
- Surviving Peak Period | While Keeping Your Sanity Intact
- Heightened Cash Monitoring