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Is Your Institution Ready for the FAFSA® Delay?
We’ve been discussing the changes coming for the 2024 – 2025 award year — from the FAFSA questions to needs analysis — for several months now. ...
How Data Science Can Transform Financial Aid and Enrollment?
The modern education system is radically transforming, primarily driven by data science. Historically, paperwork, inefficiencies, and opaque systems have overwhelmed financial aid and enrollment processes. Integrating ...
Building a Financial Aid Award Model: A Python Guide
Introduction Financial aid is a critical component of modern education that enables students from various backgrounds to pursue higher studies. However, the process of awarding financial ...
Empowering Financial Aid Administrators – A Comprehensive Guide to Training and Compliance Resources
Resources Word In Wooden Cube Financial aid administrators are the unsung heroes of the academic world, playing a crucial role in helping students navigate the complex ...
The Lost Art of Communication
Remember the days before smart phones, text messaging and IM? If you don’t, we’ll give you an idea of what it was like. When you went ...
Move Over EFC, Here comes SAI (in 2024/2025)
Change is hard and we’ve endured a lot of change over the last few years! Get ready for another biggie coming in the 2024/2025 award year. ...
FAFSA® Simplification: Protecting FTI — Institutional Responsibility
In our June blog, we discussed how the process of obtaining federal income tax information will be changing for the 2024-2025 award year. In summary, the ...
Student Loan Repayment Assistance Programs – Another Tool to Assist with Repayment Counseling
The recent Supreme Court decision blocking the Biden Administration’s Student Loan Forgiveness plan has forced many financial aid advisors to pivot their messaging in assisting students ...
The Transformative Benefits of a Remote Financial Aid Team
In today's world, advances in digital technology are reshaping business models and redefining traditional roles across industries. Among the myriad sectors affected, the education industry is ...
What We Forgot About Student Loan Forgiveness and Other Relief Programs
With the Biden administration’s sweeping loan forgiveness program in front of the Supreme Court and the now three-year student loan repayment pause coming to end either ...