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Alternative Documentation for Verification
Written by Brittany Barker, HEAG consultant, Email: bbarker@heag.us Collecting verification documentation from student’s and their parents has never been an easy task for financial aid administrators. However, ...
HEAG will be at MASFAA Nov. 7-8th
HEAG will be at the Massachusetts Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators (MASFAA) this week, November 7-8th, Patriots Place in Foxboro, MA. We hope to see ...
HEAG’s Free Webinar on the Banner New Roll Process
With the 13-14 cycle slowly getting underway, it is important to make sure that you, and those who support Banner, understand some of the new and ...
Declining and Returning Pell under the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2012
All financial aid professionals that administer Pell can collectively agree, the rules laid out by the Department of Education change at a mind-boggling pace. Every time ...
Attention Schools—Delivering Title IV Funds through a Contractor
The Department of Education recently sent out a notice (DCL ID: GEN-12-08) offering guidance to schools that contract with a third party servicer. This announcement reminds ...
Student Loan Interest Rate for Subsidized Loans will remain at 3.4%
Student Loan Interest Rate for Subsidized Loans will remain at 3.4% for one more year. The House passed the bill 373-52. The Senate passed the bill ...
Education Department Releases Action Plan To Improve Measures of Postsecondary Success
April 11, 2012 Contact: Press Office, (202) 401-1576, press@ed.gov To provide more complete information on student persistence and completion, the Education Department released an action plan ...
Default rates released
The FY 2010 3-Year Cohort Default Rate Notification packages to all eligible domestic and foreign schools were sent on March 25, 2013. FY 2011 2-Year Draft ...
NASFAA announces NASFAA University
NASFAA recently announced the launch of NASFAA University, a new learning program for financial aid professionals. NASFAA University will be rolled out during the next few ...
Staffing your Office in a Complex Environment
By Duane Quinn, Senior Consultant, HEAG Having hired a good number of temporary staff members during my career, and now during retirement being one myself, I ...