On January 26, 2023, the Department of Education, signed by Richard Cordray, Chief Operating officer, released the Pell grant payment charts for the 2023-2024 award year. Each year, HEAG monitors the Pell grant changes closely to share the news with … Read more »
Does the Federal Work-Study Program Need Reform?
The federal work-study program was implemented nearly 55 years ago as part of the campus-based aid program where the Department of Education (ED) provides colleges with a lump sum to distribute to students who meet the rather broad eligibility criteria. … Read more »
Latest Congressional Updates on Public Student Loan Forgiveness
Student Loan Borrowers in PSLF – take notice
A few months ago, we wrote an article about the potential demise of the federal student loan benefit program called Public Student Loan Forgiveness (PSLF). We are here to share that … Read more »
The Latest Updates on the Higher Education Act
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 »
Impacts of the Final Tax Bill on Colleges and Universities
On December 22nd, President Trump signed into law one of the largest tax reforms in U.S. history. A few weeks back, there were several pieces of the initial legislation that would have had impacted students as … Read more »
What is Gainful Employment Debt-To-Earnings?
The week of October 17th, 2016, the National Student Loan Database (NSLDS) generated and sent a report to the Student Aid Internet Gateway (SAIG) mailbox for schools that were required to report Gainful Employment (GE) data. These recently uploaded … Read more »
Community College Watch – Autumn 2016 Edition
The recent announcement by the Council of Regional Accrediting Commissions to further review institutions with extremely low graduation rates puts many community colleges in the spotlight. According to Insider Higher Ed, “Tougher Scrutiny for Colleges with Low Graduation Rates,” 279 … Read more »
Twitter Recap – Oct. 24th through Nov. 18th, 2016
We share industry news and stories on Twitter throughout the week at @HEAG_INC. Here is a recap of our most recent tweets, focusing on topics of Title IV financial aid and higher education.
10/24/16 – Looking for the latest … Read more »
2017-18 Pell Grants – Get The New Payment Charts Here
On September 28th, President Obama announced that once again, the maximum Pell grant award for 2017-18 would be increasing to $5920 but few other details were available at the time. A little over a week ago, the Department … Read more »
Twitter Recap – Sept. 26th, 2016 through Oct. 21st, 2016
We share industry news and stories on Twitter throughout the week at @HEAG_INC. Here is a recap of our most recent tweets, focusing on topics of Title IV financial aid and higher education.
9/26/16 – New study shows an … Read more »
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