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The Fiscal Cliff and Higher Education Funding
Late Tuesday, January 2, the Senate and the House agreed upon a fiscal cliff compromise to extend the Bush-era tax breaks for another two months. Though ...
NASFAA News Alert: ED Guidance on Campus Based, TEACH, and Loan Cuts
Late this afternoon the Department of Education posted an electronic announcement (EA) on IFAP regarding implementation of sequestration cuts. The EA provides some new information on ...
Subject: REMINDER – Keep School Contact Information Current in COD System
Posted Date: December 20, 2012 Author: William Leith, Service Director, Program Management, Federal Student Aid Subject: REMINDER - Keep School Contact Information Current in COD System ...
Endowed Scholarship Management
Is your institution using a vendor or a home-grown software to manage your endowed scholarship selection, awarding and/or record-keeping? What kind of programs and vendors are ...
2012-2013 Federal Student Aid Handbook Errata and Updates
The 2012-2013 Federal Student Aid Handbook Errata and Updates are now available. Go to: http://ifap.ed.gov/fsahandbook/1213FSAHandbookErrata.html The errata and updates are items that were amended after the initial ...
DCL ID: GEN-12-22 (Approval of Income-Based/Pay As You Earn/Income-Contingent Repayment Plan Request Form)
Publication Date: December 19, 2012 DCL ID: GEN-12-22 Subject: Approval of Income-Based/Pay As You Earn/Income-Contingent Repayment Plan Request Form Summary: This letter announces the approval of ...
Technical Reference for COD for 13-14
We are pleased to announce the posting of the updated 2013-2014 Common Origination and Disbursement (COD) Technical Reference. Contact Information If you have questions about this ...
Training topics needed
The Department of Education is need your help. Federal Student Aid (an Office of the U.S. Department of Education) selects training topics for various webinars, classes ...
Two-Factor Authentication (TFA) Tokens
With the end of 2012 quickly approaching, the TFA token rollout is almost complete. Some schools are still waiting to register their tokens for the first ...
Public comment requested on newly proposed student loan data reporting standard
PESC is pleased to announce that a 30-day public comment period is now open on the newly proposed Student Loan Data Reporting standard. This proposed standard ...