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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 ...
HEAG’s Fall Newsletter is now online
HEAG's Fall Newsletter is now online. It includes articles for financial aid professionals on: HEAG's Consultants Share What They're Thankful for HEAG ~ Growing to Serve You TechTalk: ...
See you at the MASFAA Conference
I'm looking forward to seeing Massachusetts financial aid professionals at the MASFAA Conference next week. It has been an honor to work on the planning committee and ...
Illinois Higher Education Facing Future Challenges
The state of Illinois went 736 days without a budget deal, but that ended on July 6 as lawmakers overrode Gov. Bruce Rauner’s veto of a ...