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Tuesday, March 5, 2024 ED Shares Updates About ISIRs, Corrections, and Contributors without Social Security Numbers » By MorraLee Keller, Senior Director, Strategic Programming Reading time: Four minutes The Office of Federal St...
Monday, March 4, 2024 FAFSA Submissions Are Down 40+%; How to Find Your Schools’ Data » By Bill DeBaun, Senior Director, Data and Strategic Initiatives Reading time: Three minutes This post origina...
Friday, March 1, 2024 TX and MD Move State Financial Aid Deadlines » By MorraLee Keller, Senior Director, Strategic Programming Reading time: Two minutes Continued delays in processing...
Wednesday, February 21, 2024 ED Announces FAFSA Workaround, Fix for Students from Mixed-Status Families » By MorraLee Keller, Senior Director, Strategic Programming Reading time: Three minutes NOTE: This issue has...
Monday, February 5, 2024 New FAFSA Data Detail Slow Start, Uphill Climb Ahead for Class of 2024 » By Bill DeBaun, Senior Director, Data and Strategic Initiatives Reading time: 10 minutes Free Application for...
Wednesday, January 31, 2024 NCAN and Nine Other Organizations Call for Extending May 1 Commitment Deadline » Reading time: Two minutes The Department of Education (ED) recently announced that it will now update, in accord...
Tuesday, January 30, 2024 ED Moves Expected ISIR Delivery to First Half of March, Likely Pushing Aid Offers to April » Reading time: Two minutes The US Department of Education (ED) announced today that colleges and universities...
Thursday, January 25, 2024 Early Investments Yield Great Results for Students » By Colleen J. Quint, President and CEO, Alfond Scholarship Fund Reading time: Four minutes Did you know that s...
Wednesday, January 24, 2024 FAFSA to Yield More Generous Aid Eligibility, Likely at the Cost of More Delay » Reading time: Three minutes The US Department of Education (ED) announced on Tuesday that it will update the sup...
Wednesday, January 24, 2024 Small Changes, Big Impact: New NCAN Report on Simplifying State Financial Aid Programs » By Catherine Brown, Senior Director, Policy and Advocacy Reading time: Two minutes In the latest addition to t...
Friday, January 19, 2024 Capital One Grant Supports 2024 FAFSA Completion in 20 Cities » Reading time: Three minutes The National College Attainment Network (NCAN) and Capital One are partnering together...
Friday, January 12, 2024 FSA Releases Updated Guidance for FAFSA Question about Free/Reduced Lunch » By MorraLee Keller, Senior Director, Strategic Programming Reading time: Two minutes The Office of Federal Stu...
Thursday, January 11, 2024 NCAN Report: In 2023, High School Seniors Left Over $4 Billion on the Table in Pell Grants » By Louisa Woodhouse, Policy Associate, and Bill DeBaun, Senior Director, Data and Strategic Initiatives Reading time:...
Monday, January 8, 2024 Better FAFSA Soft Launch Harder than Expected » By MorraLee Keller, Senior Director, Strategic Programming Reading time: Three minutes The 2024-25 Free Applic...
Friday, January 5, 2024 NCAN Announces Cohort of Ascendium Fellows » By Catherine Brown, Senior Director, Policy and Advocacy Reading time: Six minutes The National College Attain...
Monday, December 18, 2023 More 2024-25 FAFSA Delays and Latest Roundup of What to Expect » By MorraLee Keller, Senior Director of Strategic Programming Reading time: Six minutes As we await the opening o...
Friday, December 1, 2023 Ring in the New Year with the Better FAFSA, Updates and Resources for 2024 » Reading Time: Two minutes We are now less than one month away from the opening of the Better FAFSA! You may have seen...
Wednesday, November 15, 2023 2024-25 FAFSA To Launch by December 31, But Challenges Remain » Reading time: Four minutes The 2024-25 Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) will launch by December 3...
Sunday, November 12, 2023 Wyatt, the Free FAFSA Chatbot, Now Available for Students Nationally » By Bill DeBaun, Senior Director of Data and Strategic Initiatives Reading time: Four minutes In any gi...
Monday, November 6, 2023 FSA Releases More Details for New FSA ID Process » By MorraLee Keller, Senior Director of Strategic Programming Reading time: Two minutes Note: Since this art...
Tuesday, October 24, 2023 Pell Reinstated for Incarcerated Learners - Experts Weigh In! » By Catherine Brown, Senior Director of Policy and Advocacy Reading time: Three minutes The 2023 National College At...
Wednesday, October 4, 2023 New Report: Features of Effective State Financial Aid Programs » By Catherine Brown, Senior Director of Policy and Advocacy Reading time: Two minutes State financial aid is a...
Friday, September 22, 2023 Better FAFSA for Mixed-Status Families: Top 10 Things to Know So You Can Prepare » By Catherine Brown , Senior Director of Policy and Advocacy at NCAN; Corinne Kentor , Policy and Communications Associat...
Wednesday, September 6, 2023 Planning for the Delayed Better FAFSA » Reading time: Three minutes Note: Since this article was originally published, FSA has announced...
Tuesday, September 5, 2023 NCAN Launches Much-Anticipated Better FAFSA Training Toolkit » Reading time: Two minutes Note: Since this article was originally published, FSA has announced...
Monday, August 28, 2023 What You Should Know About the New Income-Driven Student Loan Repayment Plan » By Shelbe Klebs and Brian Denten with The Pew Charitable Trusts’ Student Loan Initiative Reading time: Five minutes...
Friday, August 25, 2023 NCAN Launches Better FAFSA Awareness Toolkit » Reading time: Two minutes Note: Since this article was originally published, FSA has announced...
Wednesday, August 2, 2023 The Better FAFSA Hasn’t Opened, But You Can Already Get Started » Reading time: Three minutes Note: Since this article was originally published, FSA has announced...
Wednesday, July 26, 2023 NCAN Urges States, Colleges, and Universities to Push Financial Aid Deadlines » By Catherine Brown, Senior Director of Policy and Advocacy Reading time: Three minutes Note: Since this art...
Tuesday, July 25, 2023 Be Like Tennessee and Email FAFSA Updates Directly to School Staff » Bill DeBaun, Senior Director of Data and Strategic Services Reading time: Nine minutes A 2022 National Colleg...
Monday, July 24, 2023 Better FAFSA Will Help More Students Achieve Economic Mobility » Reading time: Seven minutes This post is adapted from US Department of Education Under Secretary James Kvaal’s re...
Wednesday, July 19, 2023 National Organization Preparing States for Better (But Later) FAFSA » By Amy Wimmer Schwarb, Director of Content, Strada Education Network Read time: Four minutes Note: Since t...
Thursday, July 13, 2023 California Sets Robust Training Schedule for Better FAFSA » By Colette Hadley, Senior Director of Consulting Services Read time: Two minutes A huge kudos to the Californ...
Saturday, July 8, 2023 Class of 2023’s FAFSA Completions Grow 3.9%, Fall Short of Pre-Pandemic Rates » Bill DeBaun, Senior Director of Data and Strategic Services Reading time: Seven minutes The National College Attain...
Tuesday, June 6, 2023 Breaking Down the 2024-25 Pell Look-Up Tables » By Alondra Vallejo, Communications Intern, and Catherine Brown, Senior Director of Policy and Advocacy Reading time: S...
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