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 »
Prior-Prior Year and Early FAFSA for 2017-18 — Your All-In-One Guide
We are approaching the milestone anniversary of President Obama announcing the significant changes coming to the 2017-18 FAFSA form. The revisions were announced on September 14th, 2015 and are about to become reality for aid offices all over the world … Read more »
Twitter Recap – April 25th, 2016 – April 29th, 2016
We share industry news and stories on Twitter throughout the week at @HEAG_INC. Here is a recap of last week’s tweets, focusing on topics of Title IV financial aid and higher education.
4/25/16 – Very important information for #… Read more »
Peeling Back the Layers of President Obama’s Proposed Budget for 2017 – Part Three
March 10th, 2016
In Part One of a three-part blog series, we wrote about the tuition-free, community college proposal President Obama is looking for in his 2017 budget. In Part Two, we took a look at the Pell grant overhaul … Read more »
Peeling Back the Layers of President Obama’s Proposed Budget for 2017 – Part Two
March 9th, 2016
In Part One of a three-part blog series, we analyzed President Obama’s community college initiatives in full detail which included information on his grand idea of tuition free, public education through the America’s College Promise Act of … Read more »
Peeling Back the Layers of President Obama’s Proposed Budget for 2017 – Part One
March 8th, 2016
On February 9th, 2016, President Obama unveiled fiscal year 2017 plans to the tune of a $4.2 trillion spending package, with Education taking up $69.4 billion of that figure overall (an increase of 1.3 billion … Read more »