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Wednesday, July 26, 2017 (0 Comments - view/add) Data Resource Roundup, Vol. 9 » By Bill DeBaun , Director of Data and Evaluation Welcome to the ninth edition of the Data Resource Roundu...
Wednesday, July 19, 2017 (0 Comments - view/add) House Targets Pell Reserve; Long Road to FY18 Funding » By Carrie Warick , Director of Policy and Advocacy click to enlarge Congress is busy trying t...
Wednesday, July 19, 2017 (0 Comments - view/add) Making the Money Work » By Teresa Steinkamp, The Scholarship Foundation of St. Louis (at left with Executive Director Faith Sandle...
Wednesday, July 19, 2017 (0 Comments - view/add) Are Your Advisors NCAN-Certified? » By MorraLee Keller , Director of Technical Assistance, and Lisa King , NCAN Consultant With August around the c...
Wednesday, July 19, 2017 (0 Comments - view/add) Ideas for Effective, Equitable Early Awareness Strategies » By Carrie Warick , Director of Policy and Advocacy When nine founding organizations joined together to form NC...
Wednesday, July 19, 2017 (0 Comments - view/add) NCAN Resources Approach Data and Evaluation from Multiple Angles » By Bill DeBaun , Director of Data and Evaluation NCAN has heard our member programs loud and clear, and we re...
Wednesday, July 19, 2017 (0 Comments - view/add) Network and Learn in America’s Finest City » By Sara Melnick , Deputy Director The 2017 NCAN National Conference, Making Waves for Postsecondary Access and Succe...
Monday, July 17, 2017 Career Success Spotlight: Partnership for the Future » Download NCAN's full Career Success Spotlight brief . Earlier this year, NCAN hosted a Career Succes...
Thursday, July 13, 2017 On Declines and Verifications: Insights from the Annual Pell Report » The Pell Grant remains the major federal resource for promoting college access among low-income students, many of them fir...
Tuesday, July 11, 2017 FAFSA Completions Up After Four-Year Decline » Download state-specific FAFSA completion and FAFSA submission charts. Reversing a four-year...
Thursday, July 6, 2017 (0 Comments - view/add) FAFSA Verification Alternatives Help Students, NCAN Members Say » By Courtney Argenti , Graduate Policy Intern Download NCAN’s full Pulse Check report . On April 24, 2017,...
Monday, July 3, 2017 (0 Comments - view/add) Reflections on and Impact of the Goddard Riverside Options-NYCDOE Training Program » By Georgia Kioukis and Kimberly Edmunds, Equal Measure Over the past decade, the importance of connecting all s...
Thursday, June 29, 2017 Thoughts on Tracking Career Success and Labor Outcomes » NCAN, through the support of Strada Education Network, is helping members understand how to incorporate career success pro...
Tuesday, June 27, 2017 (0 Comments - view/add) Data Resource Roundup, Vol. 8 » By Bill DeBaun , Director of Data and Evaluation Welcome to the eighth edition of the Data Resource Round...
Tuesday, June 20, 2017 (0 Comments - view/add) Bottom Line Helps Students Get In, Graduate & Go Far » By Bill DeBaun , Director of Data and Evaluation Bottom Line , an organization that provides college access and...
Monday, June 19, 2017 Career Success Spotlight: Students Rising Above » Earlier this year, NCAN hosted a Career Success Spotlight webinar with Students Rising Above (SRA)...
Friday, June 16, 2017 (1 Comment - view/add) New Sixup Student Loan Available in 9 States » By Elizabeth Morgan , Director of External Relations Low-income students served by college access and success or...
Thursday, June 15, 2017 Connecting College & Career Success: Lessons on Advising, Data & Partnerships » For a more detailed discussion of takeaways from Spring Training, see NCAN’s white paper, Connecting College and Car...
Tuesday, June 13, 2017 Public Service Loan Forgiveness: "One of Our Most Valuable Recruiting Tools" » President Trump's 2018 budget proposal includes drastic cuts to the U.S. Department of Education (ED): $1...
Thursday, June 8, 2017 Interview: WDQC on the State of Workforce Data for Career Success » NCAN's work with Strada Education Network to help members incorporate career success into their college access...
Tuesday, June 6, 2017 "SEOG is a crucial piece of the financial aid puzzle" » President Trump's 2018 budget proposal includes drastic cuts to the U.S. Department of Education (ED): $1...
Monday, June 5, 2017 'What Do You Like to Do?' Career Inventories for Middle Schoolers » When you think of college and career readiness, you think of ensuring that students are prepared to be successful in the p...
Friday, June 2, 2017 (0 Comments - view/add) Get2College's Community Collaboration for FAFSA Completion » By Courtney Argenti , Graduate Policy Intern NCAN member Get2College is Mississippi’s recogniz...
Wednesday, May 31, 2017 (0 Comments - view/add) The Surprising Way Community Foundations Can Transform Students' Lives and Delight Donors » By Colette Hadley , Director of Consulting Services, and Elizabeth Morgan , Director of External Relations...
Tuesday, May 30, 2017 Stories of Innovation in College and Career Pathways » On May 2, the Senate Career and Technical Education Caucus in conjunction with the Alliance for Excellent Education...
Thursday, May 25, 2017 Federal Work-Study "Allowed Me to Graduate Debt-Free" » President Trump's 2018 budget proposal includes drastic cuts to the U.S. Department of Education (ED): $1...
Tuesday, May 23, 2017 "Drastic Cuts" to ED in President Trump's Budget Proposal » President Donald Trump's first full fiscal year 2018 budget proposal, released today, includes drastic cuts to the U.S. De...
Friday, May 19, 2017 (0 Comments - view/add) Act Six Aims to Provide New Faces in Leadership » By Bill DeBaun , Director of Data and Evaluation Act Six , a leadership and scholarship program whose mission is to...
Wednesday, May 17, 2017 (0 Comments - view/add) High School Seniors Surpass FAFSA Completion Benchmark » By Carrie Warick , Director of Policy and Advocacy More 2017 high school seniors completed the FAFSA by May 5...
Monday, May 8, 2017 NCAN Receives Record Number of National Conference Proposals » NCAN recently closed the Call for Proposals period for our National Conference that will take place in San Diego...
Wednesday, May 3, 2017 (0 Comments - view/add) DRT Gone for 2017-18 FAFSA, Officials Tell Congress » By Allie Ciaramella , Communications Manager The IRS Data Retrieval Tool will be unavailable for the remainder...
Monday, May 1, 2017 (0 Comments - view/add) Year-round Pell Returns in Congress' Budget Deal » By Carrie Warick , Director of Policy and Advocacy Low-income students will once again be able to access Pell Grant d...
Friday, April 28, 2017 (0 Comments - view/add) Comparing NSC and NCAN Completion Rates by Race/Ethnicity » By Bill DeBaun , Director of Data and Evaluation The National Student Clearinghouse Research Center (NSC) relea...
Tuesday, April 25, 2017 (0 Comments - view/add) Federal Data Change Shows Additional FAFSA Completions » By Carrie Warick , Director of Policy and Advocacy Education data geeks and FAFSA advocates, brace yourselves –...
Monday, April 24, 2017 (0 Comments - view/add) U.S. Dept. of Education Changes Verification Requirements in Light of IRS DRT Outage » By Carrie Warick , Director of Policy and Advocacy Many NCAN members have shared stories of students struggling...
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