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Does the Federal Work-Study Program Need Reform?
The federal work-study program was implemented nearly 55 years ago as part of the campus-based aid program where the Department of Education (ED) provides colleges with ...
Public Service Loan Forgiveness: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
Although it was created more than 10 years ago as part of the College Cost Reduction and Access Act of 2007, the Public Service Loan ...
Cohort Default Rates – What You Need to Know
On February 25th, 2019, the U.S. Department of Education released each institution’s draft FY2016 Cohort Default Rate, which will become the official rate unless incorrect data ...
2019-2020 Pell Grant Charts Are Here!
On January 23, 2019, the Department of Education released the Pell grant payment charts for the 2019-2020 award year. On our blog this fall, we discussed how ...
Director Tips: Marketing the Financial Aid Office on Campus
Let’s face it, sometimes our campus colleagues don’t fully understand the work we do in the Financial Aid Office. We know how important administering millions of dollars ...
CDR: To Challenge or Not to Challenge…
Next month, colleges will receive draft Cohort Default Rates (CDR) for FY2016 and will have the opportunity to challenge the data if there are inaccuracies. ...
Community College Watch — New this Fall: MASSGrant Plus
Students attending one of Massachusetts' fifteen community colleges may now receive state grant funds they wouldn't have been previously eligible for. This year, Governor Charlie Baker’s administration made an additional $7.5M ...
Pell Grants and Other ED Programs Set to Increase for 2019-2020
On September 28, the President signed a new spending bill that features access to additional resources for low income students and borrowers who work in public service. The ...
The Life of a Financial Aid Consultant
People often ask me, “what’s it like to be a financial aid consultant”? This is not an easy question to answer because the position is constantly ...
What Are Completion Grants? Another Look.
Some college students get extremely close to graduation day and when that happy moment of walking across the stage to receive their diploma should be around ...