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Tuesday, May 30, 2023 Talking to Your Partners and the Media About the Better FAFSA » Reading time: Six minutes Note: Since this article was originally published, FSA has announced...
Wednesday, May 10, 2023 NCAN Receives Support to Provide Better FAFSA Information and Training » By MorraLee Keller, Senior Director of Strategic Programming Reading time: Three minutes When the 2024-25 Free...
Wednesday, May 3, 2023 New Guide, Research Both Explore Universal FAFSA Policies » By Bill DeBaun, Senior Director of Data and Strategic Initiatives Reading time: Three minutes With Kansas and...
Friday, March 31, 2023 Top Five Improvements Coming with the Better FAFSA » By Catherine Brown, Senior Director of Policy and Advocacy Reading time: Four minutes National College Attainm...
Thursday, March 30, 2023 Award Letters Are Arriving; Do Your Students Understand Them? » By Bill DeBaun, Senior Director of Data and Strategic Initiatives Reading time: Five minutes With College Deci...
Tuesday, March 21, 2023 Federal Student Aid Announces December Launch Date for Better FAFSA » By Catherine Brown, Senior Director of Policy and Advocacy Read time: Four minutes Note: Since this article...
Tuesday, March 14, 2023 Coalition Recommends Key Action Steps to Mitigate Harm to Students if FAFSA is Delayed » By Catherine Brown, Senior Director of Policy and Advocacy and Matthew Odom, Communications Manager Reading time: Thre...
Tuesday, March 7, 2023 As States Expand FAFSA Data Sharing, More Should Consider What’s Being Shared and How » Bill DeBaun, Senior Director of Data and Strategic Initiatives, and Caroline Doglio, Program Associate Read time: Six...
Monday, March 6, 2023 How Will NCAN Help You Get Ready for the New Better FAFSA? » By Elizabeth Morgan, Chief of External Relations Reading time: Five minutes Note: This article has been upd...
Friday, February 24, 2023 FAFSA Fixes for Youth Experiencing Homelessness and Foster Youth » By Jillian Sitjar, Director of Higher Education Partnerships at SchoolHouse Connection Reading time: Two minutes...
Monday, February 20, 2023 Top 10 Changes Coming to the Better FAFSA » By MorraLee Keller, Senior Director of Strategic Programming Reading time: Four minutes Note: Since this...
Friday, February 10, 2023 Will the 2024-2025 FAFSA Open on October 1? Plan Now for Potential Delays » By MorraLee Keller, Senior Director of Strategic Programming Reading Time: Two minutes Note: This art...
Tuesday, January 31, 2023 NCAN Report: In 2022, High School Seniors Left $3.58 Billion on the Table in Pell Grants » By Raymond AlQaisi, Senior Manager of Policy and Advocacy and Bill DeBaun, Senior Director of Data and Strategic Initiativ...
Friday, December 2, 2022 Highlights: The 2022 FSA Conference » By MorraLee Keller, Senior Director of Strategic Programming Reading time: Seven minutes The annual Feder...
Tuesday, November 1, 2022 Why Does FAFSA Completion Lag in the West? » By Bill DeBaun, Senior Director of Data and Strategic Initiatives and Caroline Doglio, Program Associate Readin...
Thursday, October 13, 2022 NCAN’s FAFSA Tracker Turns Six, Hopes to Build on Last Cycle’s Momentum » Reading time: Four minutes October 1 has come and gone, and the 2023-24 Free Application for Federal Student Aid (...
Wednesday, October 12, 2022 Attend the Federal Student Aid Training Conference » By MorraLee Keller, Senior Director of Strategic Programming Reading time: One and a half minutes Every...
Tuesday, October 4, 2022 What We Know So Far About Implementing Universal FAFSA » Reading time: Five minutes Since Louisiana implemented a universal FAFSA policy during the 2017-18 academic...
Friday, September 30, 2022 FAFSA Season Opens October 1 – Here’s How to Prepare » Reading time: Three minutes With October comes all the exciting autumnal things, trees changing colors, Halloween,...
Monday, September 19, 2022 FSA COO Richard Corday Addresses the College Access and Success Community; NCAN 2022 Conference » By: Raymond AlQaisi, Senior Manager of Policy and Advocacy Reading time: 5 mins. Last week, Richard Cordray...
Wednesday, September 7, 2022 Digging Deeper into Universal FAFSA Impacts in Four States » Bill DeBaun, Senior Director of Data and Strategic Initiatives and Caroline Doglio, Program Associate Reading time: 10...
Thursday, August 25, 2022 FSA ID Process Adds Multi-Factor Authentication » By: MorraLee Keller, Senior Director of Strategic Programming Reading time: 3 min. In July, the Department o...
Monday, August 22, 2022 What’s Going On with Federal Student Loans? A Lot! » By: Catherine Brown, Senior Director of Policy and Advocacy Reading time: 4 min. Speculation abounds...
Saturday, July 9, 2022 Class of 2022 FAFSA Completions Rebound, Climb 4.6% Year-Over-Year » Bill DeBaun, Senior Director of Data and Strategic Initiatives Reading time: Eight minutes After two years of...
Wednesday, April 27, 2022 FAFSA Renewals Down 12%, Nearly 900,000 Students Through March 31 » By Bill DeBaun, Senior Director of Data and Strategic Initiatives Reading time: Five minutes As of the end of March...
Wednesday, March 23, 2022 Class of 2022 FAFSA Completions Experience Spring Surge » By Bill DeBaun, Senior Director of Data and Strategic Initiatives Reading time: 5 min. Two years ago, almost to...
Monday, March 7, 2022 Financial Aid Flexibilities Will Remain as President Biden Extends COVID National Emergency » By MorraLee Keller, Senior Director of Strategic Programming Reading time: 4 min. In March 2020, the Trump a...
Wednesday, February 23, 2022 #CorrectMyPell: 2020 Unemployment and the 2022-23 FAFSA » By Bottom Line and SwiftStudent Reading time: 2-3 min. (Photo Credit: GabrielPevide/Getty Images, court...
Friday, February 4, 2022 Lessons Learned from the Sunshine State on FAFSA Completion Challenges » Reading time: 3 min. In 2015, the Florida College Access Network (FCAN) implemented a statewide campaign to hel...
Monday, January 31, 2022 Baby Bonds: Another Tool for Asset-Building » Reading time: 2 min. In November 2021, Prosperity Now and the New School’s Institute on Race, Power and Political...
Monday, January 24, 2022 NCAN Report: $3.75 Billion in Pell Grants Goes Unclaimed for High School Class of 2021 » /* Financial aid makes education after high school more affordable – but first, students have to apply for this funding. *...
Monday, January 3, 2022 Changes to the 2022-23 CSS Profile: Here’s What You Need to Know » Reading time: Five minutes In addition to the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA), some college-boun...
Monday, December 6, 2021 Here's the Biggest News from FSA's 2021 Training Conference » Reading time: 5 min. Each year, the Office of Federal Student Aid (FSA) hosts a training conference for financial...
Sunday, November 28, 2021 Lansing SAVEs in a BOLD Way » Reading time: 2 min. There’s no wrong door at BOLD Lansing. That was the intention set forth by the collection...
Monday, November 22, 2021 Class of 2022 FAFSA Cycle is Chaotic, Trending Upward in Fits and Spurts » Reading time: 3-4 min. For the last 20 months, the narrative around high school seniors’ FAFSA completion trends has...
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