Pell Grant Charts for 23-24 award year are here!

Melissa Maichle Federal Student Aid Programs, Financial Aid Industry News, Pell Grants

On January 26, 2023, the Department of Education released the 2023-2024 Federal Pell Grant Payment and Disbursement Schedules. Each year, HEAG monitors the Pell Grant changes closely to share the news with our client base.

On December 29, 2022, the … Read more »

CDR: To Challenge or Not to Challenge…

Melissa Maichle ., Federal Student Aid Programs, General Issues in Financial Aid

 

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Next month, colleges will receive draft Cohort Default Rates (CDR) for FY2016 and will have the opportunity to challenge the data if there are inaccuracies.  First let’s dive into what the CDR represents.  The Department of Education calculates the … Read more »

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The Latest Updates on the Higher Education Act

HEAG California, Community Colleges, Federal Student Aid Programs, Financial Aid Industry News, FL, General Issues in Financial Aid, MA, NY, PA

As of the first week of March 2018, the Senate’s Health, Education & Labor Committee has held eight hearings to help move along the Higher Education Act’s (HEA) reauthorization.  We are still a bit of time away from a potential … Read more »