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FAFSA Delay: Tips for Maintaining Optimism and a Positive Attitude in the Financial Aid Office
Although the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) serves as a gateway for millions of students to access critical financial assistance to make their dreams ...
Beyond Exit Counseling: Resources for Your Students
In our blog, Exit Counseling: Can We Do it Better?, we discussed how integrating student loan wellness into a continuous financial wellness program is beneficial for ...
FAFSA® Resources: Essential Tools for Processing During Spring 2024
Resources Word In Wooden Cube In this blog post, we provide an overview of the changes financial aid offices face while processing financial aid for the ...
Up-Skill Your Student Employees
There have been multiple articles written about the professional deficiencies of recent college graduates entering the workforce. It seems likely that years of online school and ...
Is Your Institution Ready for the Next Application Cycle?
Just when you thought you had a game plan to address each of the complex issues related to the ISIR delay, another electronic announcement rolls out. ...
5 Tips for Expanding Access to Financial Literacy
April is not just a month of blooming flowers and warming weather; it's also Financial Literacy Month—a time dedicated to promoting awareness and education about financial ...
Can You Recognize a Financial Aid Scam?
You receive a phone call, and don’t recognize the number. Should you answer, or is it another relentless spam call; those annoying phone calls that claim ...
2024-2025 Pell Grant Eligibility: A Three-Step Process
In all the hubbub around FAFSA® Simplification, we haven’t really had time to talk much about the new methodology for awarding Pell Grants. Throw your Pell ...
Karen Van Dyne Joins HEAG as Director of Business Affairs
Wellesley, Mass., March 18, 2024 – The Higher Education Assistance Group (HEAG), a leading higher education and financial aid consulting firm, announced that Karen Van Dyne has ...
Mindfulness Strategies for Financial Aid Staff – Proactively Combating Fatigue and Burnout During Difficult Times
Working in financial aid can be incredibly rewarding, but it also comes with its unique set of challenges, including the stress of shifting goals and changing ...