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ED Rescinds 2009 Professional Judgement Guidance: What Does That Mean for You and Your Students?
On June 19, NPR reported that the Department of Education (ED) has made the 2009 guidance on Professional Judgement(PJ), issued as a result of the serious ...
Latest Update On Title IX Regulations
Last month we wrote about the new Title IX regulations announced on May 6, 2020. According to the Department of Education (ED) the object of the ...
Title IX Regulation Changes You Need To Be Aware Of
On May 6, the Department of Education announced new Title IX regulations with the intent of securing due process rights for both those reporting and those ...
Helping Students Impacted by COVID-19 Through the CARES Act
The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, signed into law on March 27, contains assistance for all types of higher education institutions. The first ...
2020-21 Pell Grant Charts Are Here!
On January 31, 2020, the Department of Education, signed by Mark A. Brown, Chief Operating officer, released the Pell grant payment charts for the 2020-2021 award ...
Higher Education Legislation – What You Need to Know
Last winter, HEAG provided a summary of the two partisan bills the House Committee on Education and Labor introduced – the Republicans’ Promoting Real Opportunity, Success, ...
Takeaways from the 2019 MASFAA Conference
Did you know that before the Toyota Corolla, there was the Toyota Corona? This is one of the many interesting facts I never thought I’d hear ...
Creating a Financial Literacy Program: 5 Best Practices for Institutions of Higher Education
With student loan debt topping $1 trillion and a myriad of studies reporting a national lack of financial knowledge, there is a clear need to provide ...
Know What’s Coming for Verification in the 2020-21 Award Year
Can you believe it? For many of you, the fall start is just beginning and before you realize the census date passed you by, the 2020-21 ...
10 Steps to a (Nearly) Painless FISAP
It’s August in the financial aid office. Stacks of applications still need to be read, loans need to be processed and phones are ringing off the ...