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Meet HEAG’s New Executive Director – Joanne Dashiell
The Higher Education Assistance Group, Inc. (HEAG)is pleased to announce that Joanne Dashiell has joined the firm as Executive Director. Joanne has over 15 years of ...
Latest Congressional Updates on Public Student Loan Forgiveness
Student Loan Borrowers in PSLF - take notice A few months ago, we wrote an article about the potential demise of the federal student loan benefit ...
UMass Schools No Longer a Bargain
Analysis of UMass Tuition & Student Debt The statistics continue to get worse for college students, no matter where they end up studying. According to ...
Advocacy Group Asks for Feedback from Community Colleges on PROSPER Act
The American Association of Community Colleges (AACC), the primary advocacy group for America’s community college system, has headed warnings for its member schools regarding the latest ...
Is your Institution Ready for 2018-19?
Nationwide, institutions are gearing up for the upcoming 2018-2019 awarding season amidst the uncertainty of potentially major changes to the federal government’s student aid programs. As ...
#FIGHT4FINAID Becomes Rallying Cry on Twitter
While we have been writing about and following the Higher Education Act (HEA) reauthorization for quite some time, the battle has moved to the social media ...
Information for Financial Aid Administrators: 2019-20 Verification Requirements
The Federal Register notice released on March 28th, 2018, begins to outline the 2019-20 verification guidelines for higher education financial aid administrators with very few surprises ...
The Latest Updates on the Higher Education Act
As of the first week of March 2018, the Senate's Health, Education & Labor Committee has held eight hearings to help move along the Higher Education ...
2018-19 Pell Grants – Get The New Payment Charts Here
Revision as of April 10, 2018 from the new Dear Colleague Letter: On March 23, 2018, the President signed Public Law 115-141, the Consolidated Appropriations ...
The PROSPER Act and Higher Education Reauthorization Act Happening in 2018
The Promoting Real Opportunity, Success, and Prosperity through Education Reform Act (PROSPER Act) It could be a very big year for the higher education sector, as ...