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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 ...
Changes made to the application processing system
For the last several years there seems to have been constant changes made to the application processing system. More ISIR codes and integration of IRS information ...
Attention All Banner Schools!
SunGard Higher Education has released the "2012-2013 Early Release for Banner Financial Aid, 8.12.1". November is a great time to start updating and testing your systems ...
Degrees of Urgency
In a report released on October 28, 2014, the Massachusetts Department of Higher Education predict hat by 2025 public campuses will produce 55,000 to 65,000 fewer degrees ...
What is Direct Loan Reconciliation and How Does It Affect Me?
For those schools new to Direct Loans, reconciliation is a federal requirement and is required of all DL participants. On a monthly basis, schools must ensure ...