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Transitioning Borrowers Back into Repayment
For more than a year, federal student loan payments have been ‘paused’ along with interest accrual and collection activity in response to the economic fallout from ...
Federal Student Aid Changes Announced from Department of Education
On May 17, Federal Student Aid (FSA) published guidance on how required fiscal year 2022 sequester-required changes will impact Title IV financial aid. Since they are ...
Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP) – A Closer Look
May, the month where financial aid administrators pivot from recruiting new students to ensuring enrolled students have the wherewithal to continue. A critical part of the ...
Mastering Professional Judgement
Professional Judgement (PJ) is one of the most powerful tools available to a financial aid administrator, but using it often induces anxiety. What will the auditors ...
President Biden’s 10-Year Plan for Higher Education
President Joseph R. Biden Jr. On February 9th Carmel Martin, deputy director for economic mobility on the White House Domestic Policy Council, and Acting Assistant Secretary ...
Pell Grant Charts for 2021-22 Are Here!
On January 22, 2021, the Department of Education, signed by Mark A. Brown, Chief Operating officer, released the Pell grant payment charts for the 2021-2022 award ...
The Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021: FAFSA Simplification – Part 2
In our last blog, we summarized how the FAFSA Simplification Act will change the FAFSA itself along with some terminology and definitions for the 2023 – ...
The Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021: FAFSA Simplification – Part 1
When President Trump signed the Consolidated Appropriations Act (CAA) of 2021 into law on December 27, the spotlight was on the $90B stimulus package it contained. ...
2020 Financial Aid – A Year In Review
You may be asking why we want to commemorate this year after all that’s happened, but we think there are still some accomplishments that can be ...
Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) and COVID-19 Relief Measures
Back in March 2020 the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act was signed into law providing many student loan borrowers with some much-needed relief ...