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HEAG’s Most Popular Financial Aid Blog Posts from 2017
In case you missed it, here are some of our most popular blog posts from 2017 for college and university financial aid offices. HEAG's financial aid ...
Public Service Loan Forgiveness Issues and Potential Changes to the Program
Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) has been a controversial program ever since it was introduced in 2007. Here is a summary for college financial aid offices. ...
Student Loan Discharge Process Receives Massive Overhaul
On December 20th, the Department of Education announced sweeping changes to the student loan discharge process known officially as “Borrower Defense to Repayment”. Here is a ...
Impacts of the Final Tax Bill on Colleges and Universities
On December 22nd, President Trump signed into law one of the largest tax reforms in U.S. history. A few weeks back, there were several ...
Community College Watch: Removing Barriers for Homeless Students
A new amendment to the Higher Education Authorization Act was introduced in September with bi-partisan support from multiple Senators to help combat homelessness for college students. ...
Federal Education Division May Be Shrinking
The largest division of the Department of Education may soon no longer hold that title if some of the workers there accept an employment proposition extended ...
Policies & Procedures Manual: Keeping up to Date with Changes
Have you conducted an annual review of your school’s financial aid policies and procedures manual yet this year? With the recent changes in FASFA filing dates, ...
2018-2019 FAFSA Changes: IRS Tax Data and Securing Personal Information
For financial aid administrators, verifying tax data can be a tedious process. Modifications to the 2018-2019 FAFSA should be a welcome change. IRS Data Retrieval ...
HEAG – Growing To Serve You
HEAG is pleased to announce the following additions to our consultant staff… Barbara Winchell has worked in higher education for 17 years with 16 of those ...
New Bill Aims to Have Students Who Miss Graduation Metric Pay Back Need-based Aid
The GOP is once again proposing a major change to the way one of the most popular federal grant programs is run. House representatives Francis Rooney ...