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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 ...
7 Ways to Motivate Your Team to Overcome Adversity: Life After FAFSA® Simplification
They say March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb — a reference to the weather, of course. For financial aid professionals ...
Exit Counseling: Can We Do it Better?
This time of year always makes us think about student loan exit counseling programs. Are they effective and, if not, how do we make them so? ...
New Guides Available from Federal Student Aid
Last month Federal Student Aid (FSA) announced the availability of two updated guides that are must-reads for financial aid professionals — the2024-25 Application and Verification Guide ...
Navigating the Challenges of the 2024-2025 FAFSA Roll-Out: Strategies for Financial Aid Offices
The release of the 2024-2025 Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) has been eagerly anticipated, but its roll-out has faced unforeseen issues, impacting students and ...
Revolutionizing Financial Aid: The AI Advantage in Student Services
Financial aid offices are crucial in guiding students' academic paths in today's ever-changing higher education environment. These offices, essential in shaping educational experiences, often encounter significant ...
Heightened Cash Management and Reimbursement: What, How, and Why
Heightened Cash Management (HCM 1 and 2) and Reimbursement are alternative methods of receiving funds and making disbursements required by the Department of Education (ED). Here’s ...