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Archived Blogs (2017 and older)
Thursday, April 20, 2017   (0 Comments - view/add)
At I Know I Can, Relationships Key to Scaling Successful Services »
By  Bill DeBaun , Director of Data and Evaluation I Know I Can  (IKIC) is the latest NCAN  member prog...
Wednesday, April 19, 2017
Higher Poverty Means Lower FAFSA Completion, New Data Show »
In most states, high school seniors in higher-poverty school districts complete the FAFSA at lower rates than students in...
Tuesday, April 18, 2017   (0 Comments - view/add)
Decide on E-Learning for a Shot at Annual Conference Savings »
By Lisa King , NCAN Communication Consultant  Completing one of NCAN’s e-learning units is as easy as particip...
Tuesday, April 18, 2017
National Series Shines Spotlight on Career Success »
By Bill DeBaun , Director of Data and Evaluation; Amina Anderson Pringle, Member Services Manager; and Sara Melnick , De...
Tuesday, April 18, 2017   (0 Comments - view/add)
New Publications Examine Member Programs' Outcomes, Strategies »
By Bill DeBaun , Director of Data and Evaluation  The college access and success field in recent years has set...
Tuesday, April 18, 2017   (0 Comments - view/add)
49 Days & Counting: Addressing the IRS DRT Debacle »
By Carrie Warick , Director of Policy and Advocacy   It’s been 49 days since the IRS Data Retrieval Tool went d...
Friday, April 14, 2017   (0 Comments - view/add)
Program Profile: Virginia SOAR »
By Liz Glaser - Graduate Research Assistant  College Savings Accounts (CSAs,) 529 Accounts (529s), and other sim...
Monday, April 10, 2017
Report: Wage Increases From Associate’s and Certificates Persist, but Vary »
The relationship between education and wages is a timeless economic question for which we have a robust research base whos...
Wednesday, April 5, 2017   (0 Comments - view/add)
These Free CFPB Tools Can Help Students Assess Aid »
By Allie Ciaramella , Communications Manager  Choosing the right college can be a complicated decision for stude...
Tuesday, April 4, 2017   (0 Comments - view/add)
FAFSA Completions Reach 91% of Last Year's Total »
By Courtney Argenti , Graduate Policy Intern Click here for a state-by-state chart of high school FAFSA completion...
Thursday, March 30, 2017   (0 Comments - view/add)
FAFSA IRS DRT Down Until Fall »
By Carrie Warick , Director of Policy and Advocacy  Update (March 31, 11:20 a.m.): The DRT option has been disa...
Monday, March 27, 2017   (0 Comments - view/add)
NCAN's Streamlined FAFSA Accommodates Homeless & Foster Students »
By Courtney Argenti , Graduate Policy Intern  Students who have experienced homelessness or participated in the...
Friday, March 24, 2017   (0 Comments - view/add)
New FAFSA Simplification Bill Takes Important Next Steps »
By Carrie Warick , Director of Policy and Advocacy The National College Access Network is pleased to announce our...
Thursday, March 23, 2017   (0 Comments - view/add)
New Report Visualizes Affordability Problem for Students »
By Bill DeBaun , Director of Data and Evaluation NCAN members try to counteract this for the students they serve, but...
Wednesday, March 22, 2017   (0 Comments - view/add)
On the "Secret Sauce" in College Access & Success, Pt. 1 »
By  Bill DeBaun , Director of Data and Evaluation In recent years, NCAN has spoken with more and more members abo...
Tuesday, March 21, 2017   (0 Comments - view/add)
Secure, Accessible FAFSA IRS DRT Restoration Needed »
By Carrie Warick , Director of Policy and Advocacy  Last week, Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Commissioner John...
Thursday, March 16, 2017   (0 Comments - view/add)
Every Postsecondary Student Aid Dollar Counts: Reject the President's Cuts »
By Carrie Warick , Director of Policy and Advocacy President Donald Trump’s first federal budget proposal requests...
Wednesday, March 15, 2017   (0 Comments - view/add)
Case Studies Examine Institutions Using Data to Help Students »
By Bill DeBaun , Director of Data and Evaluation Last year at SXSWedu in Austin, TX, it was encouraging to hear repre...
Monday, March 13, 2017   (0 Comments - view/add)
FAFSA Completions Reach 82 Percent of Last Year's Total »
By Courtney Argenti , Graduate Policy Intern Largely thanks to Early FAFSA, high schoolers completed 603,529 more FAF...
Friday, March 10, 2017
FAFSA IRS DRT Down "Weeks"; What to Do Now »
Update (March 16, 9:30 a.m. ET): NCAN co-hosted a webinar with The Scholarship Foundation of St. Louis to provide training...
Thursday, March 9, 2017
Indefinite FAFSA IRS DRT Outage: Action Needed »
Update (March 9, 6 p.m. ET): U.S. Department of Education and IRS issue joint statement alerting of their concern of ident...
Tuesday, March 7, 2017   (0 Comments - view/add)
Four Big Questions in Career Success and Where to Find Answers with Data »
Bill DeBaun , Director of Data and Evaluation As members have heard by now, NCAN is engaged in a year-long project to...
Monday, March 6, 2017   (0 Comments - view/add)
Two-Thirds of Calls to FSA Helpline are FAFSA-Related »
By Courtney Argenti , Graduate Policy Intern How many people call the Federal Student Aid Information Center (FSAIC)...
Tuesday, February 28, 2017   (0 Comments - view/add)
Data Resource Roundup, Vol. 7 »
By  Bill DeBaun , Director of Data and Evaluation Welcome to the sixth edition of the Data Resource Roundup! In...
Friday, February 24, 2017
Potential Elimination of AmeriCorps Could Impact Communities Nationwide »
Do you use AmeriCorps volunteers to help provide services for your students? NCAN is assembling a list of member programs...
Tuesday, February 21, 2017   (0 Comments - view/add)
FAFSA Policy Changes Help Turn College Dreams into Reality »
By Rachel Worsham and Rachel Gentry, college advisers,  Carolina College Advising Corps   "While instilling...
Tuesday, February 14, 2017   (0 Comments - view/add)
Philadelphia Futures Highlighted in Benchmarking Case Study Series »
By Bill DeBaun , Director of Data and Evaluation The Benchmarking Project is an important collaboration between...
Friday, February 10, 2017   (0 Comments - view/add)
Wednesday, February 8, 2017   (0 Comments - view/add)
Why a Streamlined FAFSA Could Cut the Red Tape to College Aid »
By Allie Ciaramella , Communications Manager  Share your FAFSA story with elected officials here .  A...
Wednesday, February 8, 2017   (0 Comments - view/add)
The Latest on Connecting College and Career Success »
By Sara Melnick , Deputy Director Over the past three months, NCAN has been collecting and disseminating a variety of...
Wednesday, February 8, 2017   (0 Comments - view/add)
Level Up: Improving Your College Knowledge »
By Lisa King , NCAN Communications Consultant  Did the Early FAFSA changes make your head spin? Is your team rea...
Monday, January 30, 2017   (0 Comments - view/add)
Case Studies on Early FAFSA and Change Management »
By Dr. Barry W. Simmons Sr. Dr. Barry W. Simmons Sr. is a (retired) Assistant Provost at Virginia Tech who has served...
Thursday, January 26, 2017
From College Access to Career Success: Using Career Inventories »
By Amina Anderson Pringle, Member Services Manager  In the beginning, college access was just that, focused on he...
Wednesday, January 25, 2017   (0 Comments - view/add)
NCAN Board Chair Marlene Ibsen on Travelers EDGE's Combo of College and Career Success »
By  Bill DeBaun , Director of Data and Evaluation  Since 2007,  Travelers EDGE  (Empowering Drea...
Monday, January 23, 2017   (0 Comments - view/add)
What to Know Before Betsy DeVos Faces a Vote »
By Carrie Warick , Director of Policy and Advocacy If my social media feeds are any indication, the sound bites from...

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