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Looking Beyond Income – How Financial Aid Offices Can Strengthen Recruitment and Retention of Low-Income Students
Financial aid professionals know that economic disadvantage doesn’t always fit neatly into the boxes that traditional need-analysis systems use. While income has long been the main ...
Complimentary Webinar – Avoiding Pitfalls: Top 10 Title IV Compliance Essentials for CFOs
Complimentary Webinar - Avoiding Pitfalls: Top 10 Title IV Compliance Essentials for CFOs Join the Higher Education Assistance Group (HEAG) and the Association of Business Administrators ...
Help Students Avoid Scams
There are many scams aimed at college students for the obvious reasons: many are away from home for the first time, have little life experience, and ...
Staying Grounded Amid Ever-Changing Regulations in Financial Aid
If you’ve been in financial aid for more than a year, you know that change is one of the few constants in our field. Regulations shift, ...
Compliance in the Crosshairs: The Legal Risks of Inaction
Recent commentary in Inside Higher Ed underscores a reality higher education leaders can no longer ignore: the U.S. Department of Education (ED) now has unprecedented enforcement ...
Reaching Gen Z Where They Are – Creative Communication Strategies for Connecting About Critical Financial Aid To-Do Lists
Financial aid deadlines wait for no one but getting today’s Gen Z students to check their email or answer a phone call can feel like chasing ...
Are You a Superhero for Your Students? Take Our Quiz to Find Out!
The first weeks of a semester or term are always the most challenging for financial aid administrators. After weeks of fielding phone calls, emails, and live ...
A Verification Rule for Every Situation
In a perfect world, all financial aid would be awarded and disbursed before classes begin (when applicable) and then we could all go on a well-deserved ...
All About the FISAP 2026-27 – Updated Requirements and Key Deadlines for Successful Submission
The Fiscal Operations Report for 2024–25 and Application to Participate for 2026–27—commonly known as the FISAP—is a required annual submission for institutions participating in the Federal ...
Higher Education’s PR Problem
Let’s face it, higher education is suffering from a public relations problem. This is in part due to the current political climate, but there are ...