On July 13, Federal Student Aid (FSA) announced that effective that day, most verification requirements for the 2021 – 2022 award year have been waived to provide relief to students and their families struggling to meet the requirements. There are … Read more »
Information for Financial Aid Administrators: 2019-20 Verification Requirements
The Federal Register notice released on March 28th, 2018, begins to outline the 2019-20 verification guidelines for higher education financial aid administrators with very few surprises or changes. Prior-prior income is here to stay and will be requested … Read more »
Upcoming Changes to 2017-18 Verification Process
The time has come and gone, with the new 2017-18 already launched on October 1st, 2016 and students completing a FAFSA that won’t go into effect for another nine months. So it’s time to start strategizing for the upcoming verification … Read more »
Are You Ready for Verification in 2017-2018?
Typically, we wouldn’t even be thinking about a future award year when the upcoming one hasn’t even begun yet. But with the major changes surrounding the release of the 17-18 FAFSA in October of this year along with prior-prior … Read more »
The Case of the Missing W-2
Has someone in your office ever misfiled a W-2 in another student’s file? It can have a snowball effect. 
Starting as an innocent mistake, it consumes fruitless hours of searching through files, then requires an apologetic phone call to an … Read more »
Reduce Time Students Wait In Line
Picture this. It’s right before the first week of fall classes and you have prepped staff as much as possible for the incoming deluge of students to the campus. During their visit, they will be doing everything from registering for … Read more »