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Wednesday, October 9, 2024 FAFSA Digital Ad Campaign Effectively Reached Young People at Low Cost » Reading time: Six minutes When the number of high school seniors submitting a Free Application for Federal Stude...
Monday, September 30, 2024 Ensuring No Senior is Left Behind: Get your FAFSA Data Ducks in a Row! » Reading time: Four minutes With the school year having started, school counselors and advisors are gearing up to s...
Wednesday, September 25, 2024 FCAN Webinar Offers Takeaways on Summer FAFSA Strategies » Reading time: Two minutes This post first appeared on the Florida College Access Network's blog . Click the li...
Monday, September 23, 2024 NCAN Members Lead the Way in the Push for College Affordability » Reading time: Four minutes Last week, at the National College Attainment Network’s (NCAN) 2024 National Conferenc...
Sunday, September 15, 2024 Summer FAFSA Campaign Makes Progress Nationwide, but Declines Persist » By Bill DeBaun, Senior Director, Data and Strategic Initiatives Reading time: Three minutes The 2024-25 Free Applic...
Thursday, September 12, 2024 2025-26 FAFSA Beta Testing Update » By MorraLee Keller, Senior Director, Strategic Programming Reading time: Two minutes The Office of Federal Stu...
Monday, August 19, 2024 Seven Key Priorities for a Successful 2025-26 FAFSA Year » By Catherine Brown, Senior Director, Policy and Advocacy, and MorraLee Keller, Senior Director, Strategic Programming...
Monday, August 19, 2024 NCAN Members Provide Summer Support for FAFSA Completion » By Catherine Brown, Senior Director, Policy and Advocacy, and Elizabeth Morgan, Chief External Relations Officer Readi...
Monday, August 12, 2024 From Crisis to Strategy: How States are Tackling the Impacts of the FAFSA Delay » Reading time: Five minutes Last week, National College Attainment Network (NCAN) staff attended the State Higher...
Wednesday, August 7, 2024 ED Announces 2025-26 FAFSA To Open December 1 with Full Functionality » By Catherine Brown, Senior Director, Policy and Advocacy Reading time: Two minutes Today, the Office of Federa...
Wednesday, July 31, 2024 FAFSA Updates: Paper Processing, Identity Verifications, and Corrections » By MorraLee Keller, Senior Director, Strategic Programming Reading time: Five minutes Yesterday, the Office of...
Monday, July 29, 2024 First Ever FAFSA Telethon to Provide 12 Hours of Direct Support » Reading time: Two minutes As we continue to see a slow yet steady increase in Free Application for Federal Student...
Monday, July 29, 2024 New Updates Regarding the FSA ID » By MorraLee Keller, Senior Director, Strategic Programming Reading time: Two minutes Last week, the Office of...
Tuesday, July 23, 2024 Coalition Calls for Full Functionality of 2025-26 FAFSA Upon Release » By Catherine Brown, Senior Director, Policy and Advocacy Reading time: Five minutes Today, the National College...
Friday, July 19, 2024 No, the 2024-25 FAFSA Cycle Isn’t Over » Reading time: Five minutes Despite recent claims to the contrary, the 2024-25 Free Application for Federal Student...
Monday, July 8, 2024 Seniors’ FAFSAs Drop 11.6% Through June, Highlighting Need for Summer Supports » By Bill DeBaun, Senior Director, Data and Strategic Initiatives Reading time: Five minutes The class of 2024’s Free...
Wednesday, June 26, 2024 #DoTheFAFSA Campaign Off to a Strong Start » Reading time: Two minutes On May 13, the National College Attainment Network (NCAN), in collaboration with GMMB...
Monday, June 24, 2024 NCAN Partners with MHEC and SHEEO to Organize First Regional FAFSA Summit in the Midwest » By Louisa Woodhouse, Policy Associate, and Bill DeBaun, Senior Director of Data and Strategic Initiatives Reading time...
Thursday, June 20, 2024 Four FAFSA Fixes ED Must Make by October 1 » By Catherine Brown, Senior Director, Policy and Advocacy Reading time: Five minutes As the National College A...
Tuesday, June 18, 2024 NCAN and Members Receive Awards to Support Summer FAFSA Completion » By Catherine Brown, Senior Director, Policy and Advocacy Reading time: 12 minutes In recent weeks, the Nationa...
Monday, June 10, 2024 Through May, Seniors’ FAFSA Fortunes Falter Following Fruitful Four Weeks » By Bill DeBaun, Senior Director, Data and Strategic Initiatives Reading time: Four minutes From April 19 to May 10,...
Wednesday, June 5, 2024 MCAN’s Certified FAFSA Specialist Trainings Put More Hands on Deck » Reading time: Five minutes In the 2021-22 school year, the national student-to-counselor ratio was 408:1. Given...
Monday, May 20, 2024 How Scholarship Providers are Adjusting to FAFSA Challenges » By Colette Hadley, Senior Director, Consulting Services Reading time: Three minutes We know that the long...
Tuesday, May 14, 2024 New National Digital Campaign Encourages Pell-Eligible Young People to #DoTheFAFSA » Reading time: Three minutes With Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) completion for high school senio...
Monday, May 6, 2024 ED Launches Next Phase of FAFSA Support Strategy to Boost Completion Rate Among High School Students » By Catherine Brown, Senior Director, Policy and Advocacy Reading time: Five minutes Today, the US Department o...
Wednesday, May 1, 2024 Contributors Stuck in ID Verification Can Temporarily Access and Complete the Online FAFSA » Reading time: Three minutes The National College Attainment Network (NCAN) is sharing this information that we kno...
Tuesday, April 23, 2024 NCAN Organizes National Digital #DoTheFAFSA Campaign » Reading time: Three minutes With Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) completion rates for high school...
Wednesday, April 10, 2024 FAFSA Corrections Available Next Week » By Catherine Brown, Senior Director, Policy and Advocacy Reading time: Two minutes On Tuesday, April 9, the US...
Monday, April 8, 2024 New Data: FAFSA Completions Down 40% Through End of March » By Bill DeBaun, Senior Director, Data and Strategic Initiatives Reading time: Three minutes The number of Free...
Wednesday, April 3, 2024 Federal Student Aid Confirms Additional FAFSA Processing Errors » By MorraLee Keller, Senior Director, Strategic Programming Reading time: Three minutes Earlier this week, the...
Thursday, March 28, 2024 Preventing Big College Enrollment Declines Means FAFSA Completion Support This Spring and Summer » Reading time: Seven minutes As of March 15, 30.7% fewer high school seniors nationally have submitted the Free A...
Thursday, March 28, 2024 White House, ED Announce FAFSA “Week of Action” April 15-19 » By Bill DeBaun, Senior Director, Data and Strategic Initiatives Reading time: Two minutes The White House and...
Monday, March 25, 2024 Record Turnout at DC Capital One Café FAFSA Event » Reading time: Two minutes National College Attainment Network (NCAN) members continue to staff Free Application fo...
Wednesday, March 13, 2024 FAFSA Now Works for (Almost) All » By MorraLee Keller, Senior Director, Strategic Programming Reading time: Six minutes After months of waiting a...
Monday, March 11, 2024 Nine Thoughts on This FAFSA Cycle Based on NCAN FAFSA Tracker Data » By Bill DeBaun, Senior Director, Data and Strategic Initiatives Reading time: Four minutes Admittedly, it’s ge...
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