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Monday, November 10, 2025 College Costs Continue to Decline, According to Latest College Price Report » By Catherine Brown, Senior Director, Policy and Advocacy Reading time: Two minutes The College Board's Trends in C...
Monday, November 3, 2025 Enhancements Coming to StudentAid.Gov Accounts » Read time: Two minutes Setting up a StudentAid.gov account (FSA ID) is often a stumbling block prior to students a...
Monday, November 3, 2025 Scaling What Works: State Strategies for FAFSA Completion Success » By Alessandra Cipriani-Detres, Senior Associate, Strategic Initiatives Reading time: Five minutes Every year,...
Monday, October 27, 2025 Updated FAFSA Guidance for Mixed-Status Families » Reading time: Five minutes As FAFSA, or Free Application for Federal Student Aid, completion season is well underw...
Monday, October 13, 2025 Data-Sharing Guidance for Scholarship Providers » By Catherine Brown, Senior Director, Policy and Advocacy Reading time: Three minutes As many National College At...
Thursday, September 25, 2025 Ohio Proclamation Kicks Off FAFSA Cycle » Reading time: Two minutes Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) completion by Ohio students has been a criti...
Monday, September 15, 2025 FSA Shares FAFSA Successes and Policy Updates at #NCAN2025 » By Catherine Brown, Senior Director, Policy and Advocacy Reading time: Three minutes Aaron Lemon-Strauss,...
Wednesday, August 27, 2025 5 Free Tools Every College-Bound Student Should Know » Reading time: Three minutes Preparing for college can feel overwhelming for students and their families, from mana...
Thursday, August 14, 2025 NCAN’s 2026-27 FAFSA Page: A How-To Guide » By: Karina Delgado, Communications Intern Reading Time: Three minutes The 2026-27 Free Application for Feder...
Monday, July 7, 2025 FAFSA Completions Bounce Back with Class of 2025, Return to Pre-Pandemic Rates » By Bill DeBaun, Senior Director, Data and Strategic Initiatives Reading time: Four minutes Through June 27, the h...
Wednesday, May 21, 2025 Could Financial Literacy Curricula Promote FAFSA Completion? » Reading time: Three minutes $4.4 billion in Pell Grants were left on the table for the high school class of 2024...
Wednesday, May 14, 2025 What’s Behind West Virginia’s FAFSA Completion Surge? » By Bill DeBaun, Senior Director, Data and Strategic Initiatives Reading time: Four minutes States have taken...
Tuesday, May 6, 2025 UC San Diego Brings FAFSA Updates Direct to Inboxes » By Bill DeBaun, Senior Director, Data and Strategic Initiatives Reading time: Four minutes Free Application fo...
Tuesday, April 29, 2025 Michigan’s Model for Statewide Financial Aid Engagement » Reading time: Two minutes After a rocky rollout of the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) last schoo...
Wednesday, April 23, 2025 Eight Interesting Items from NCAN’s FAFSA Tracker Through Mid-April » By Bill DeBaun, Senior Director, Data and Strategic Initiatives Reading time: Seven minutes At the time of this wri...
Monday, February 24, 2025 Keep the Momentum Going with NCAN's #DoTheFAFSA Campaign! » Reading time: Two minutes As many of our members know, the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) proces...
Friday, February 21, 2025 Through Mid-February, Seniors’ FAFSA Submissions Up 6% » By Bill DeBaun, Senior Director, Data and Strategic Initiatives Reading time: Four minutes High school seniors sent...
Friday, February 14, 2025 FAFSA Sex Question and FSA ID Changes » Reading time: Two minutes Update as of 2/19/25: FSA released an electronic announcement (EA) on Februar...
Monday, February 10, 2025 CBO Predicts Pell Surplus Will Be Depleted This Year » By Catherine Brown, Senior Director, Policy and Advocacy Reading time: Six minutes The Congressional Budget Of...
Wednesday, February 5, 2025 Three Outstanding (and Free) FAFSA Resources for Students and Families » Reading time: Three minutes Navigating the world of financial aid can be a daunting task for students and their fa...
Tuesday, January 21, 2025 With FAFSA Off to a Good Start, Let’s Increase Completions by High School Seniors » By Bill DeBaun, Senior Director, Data and Strategic Initiatives Reading time: Four minutes The National Colle...
Thursday, December 12, 2024 Second $50 Million Round of FAFSA Student Support Funds Now Available » Reading time: Two minutes December 13, 2024 update: A PDF version of the application is now available here ....
Wednesday, December 11, 2024 2025-26 FAFSA Rollout: A Promising Start for Most Students and Families » Reading time: Two minutes The opening of the 2025-26 Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) cycle is s...
Monday, December 9, 2024 FSA Announces Updates to Support Individuals Without Social Security Numbers » Reading time: Three minutes The Office of Federal Student Aid (FSA) last week announced updates to the proces...
Monday, December 9, 2024 Free Social Media Assets Available to Encourage FAFSA Completion » Reading time: Three minutes The 2025-26 Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) is open, and the National...
Wednesday, December 4, 2024 Growing Gap 2024: Spotlight on the Midwest » Reading time: 11 minutes The National College Attainment Network’s (NCAN) Growing Gap research analyzes the land...
Tuesday, December 3, 2024 ED Announces FAFSA “Week of Action” for December 9-13 » Bill DeBaun, Senior Director of Data and Strategic Initiatives Reading time: Two minutes Now that the 2025-26...
Monday, November 25, 2024 NCAN Shares FAFSA Guidance for Mixed-Status Families » Reading time: Two minutes We at the National College Attainment Network (NCAN) have had many recent questions from...
Monday, November 18, 2024 NCAN’s 2025-26 FAFSA Page: A How-To Guide » Reading time: Two minutes The 2025-26 Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) is now open to all studen...
Monday, November 18, 2024 2025-26 FAFSA Now Available to All » Reading time: Three minutes Today, the Office of Federal Student Aid (FSA) announced that the 2025-26 Free Applica...
Monday, November 18, 2024 Michigan Invests $10M in Universal FAFSA Challenge Grant » By Bill DeBaun, Senior Director, Data and Strategic Initiatives Reading time: Two minutes The Michigan Depart...
Friday, November 8, 2024 New Data Show Progress Toward FSA ID Creation for 2025-26 » By Bill DeBaun, Senior Director, Data and Strategic Initiatives Reading time: Two minutes New data releas...
Wednesday, November 6, 2024 Restoring Trust in the FAFSA: Helping the Class of 2025 Rebound » Reading time: Six minutes The opening of the 2025-26 Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) is less than...
Monday, October 21, 2024 Additional Fixes Needed to Ensure FAFSA Success this Cycle  » By Catherine Brown, Senior Director, Policy and Advocacy Reading time: Six minutes The Free Application for Fe...
Friday, October 18, 2024 FSA Releases State-Level Toolkit, Data on Beta Testing Satisfaction » By Bill DeBaun, Senior Director, Data and Strategic Initiatives Reading time: Two minutes The US Departm...
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