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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 ...
2018-19 COD System Peak Processing Reminders
IFAP News - Posted June 18, 2018 In late June 2018, we will begin a peak processing period for the 2018–19 Award Year. To assist schools ...
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Losing Student Loan Watchdog
The CFPB is losing a division that oversaw student loan servicers, debt collectors and predatory lenders for former and current college students. The Office of Students ...
Good News Regarding Student Loans for Those Attending Community College
Have we reached peak student loan borrowing at U.S. community colleges? Borrowing trends are reversing as many states have spent more on students by making community ...