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Archived Blogs (2017 and older)
Thursday, August 4, 2016   (0 Comments - view/add)
"Students With Stories Like Mine Run the Risk of Slipping Through the System" »
By Joshua Sparks  NCAN members work with students every day whose unwavering aspirations, dedication and perseve...
Tuesday, August 2, 2016   (0 Comments - view/add)
Colleges Plan Admissions Shifts Under Early FAFSA »
Carrie Warick , Director of Partnerships and Policy Update:  Ted Mitchell, the top higher education official a...
Monday, August 1, 2016   (0 Comments - view/add)
Up Next Text Reminders Now Available to All Students »
By Elizabeth Morgan , Director of External Relations  On July 19 at the White House “Beating the Odds” Summit, F...
Thursday, July 28, 2016   (0 Comments - view/add)
Indiana’s 21st Century Scholars Program Faces Crisis as Students Fall Off-track »
By Liz Glaser , Graduate Research Assistant (updated August 2, 2016) In December, Graduate Research Assistant&nbs...
Wednesday, July 27, 2016   (0 Comments - view/add)
Early FAFSA and the Time Crunch »
By Carrie Warick , Director of Partnerships and Policy  Update: Ted Mitchell, the top higher education official...
Tuesday, July 26, 2016   (0 Comments - view/add)
Making the Most of Your Children's Savings Account Program »
By Liz Glaser , Graduate Research Assistant  The Corporation for Enterprise Development recently began running a...
Friday, July 22, 2016   (0 Comments - view/add)
What Do You Want in an Online FSA ID System? »
By Paula Acevedo, Graduate Policy Assistant As the FAFSA’s earlier October availability for the 2017-18 academic yea...
Wednesday, July 20, 2016   (0 Comments - view/add)
Ideas for Improving Federal Work-Study »
By Paula Acevedo, Graduate Policy Assistant  One might think that college students given the opportunity for a pa...
Monday, July 18, 2016   (0 Comments - view/add)
Will More Pell Raise Tuition? Study Says Not at Nonprofits »
By Paula Acevedo, Graduate Policy Assistant  Back in 1987, former Education Secretary William J. Bennett argued...
Friday, July 15, 2016   (0 Comments - view/add)
One and Done? Bill Would Allow One-Time FAFSA Filing »
By Kim Cook, Executive Director   The push toward FAFSA simplification was built upon today with a proposal to all...
Wednesday, July 13, 2016   (0 Comments - view/add)
Data and Dialogue Drive FAFSA Completion in Florida »
By Allie Ciaramella, Communications Manager  NCAN members are always first to walk the walk when it comes to incr...
Monday, July 11, 2016   (0 Comments - view/add)
Nontraditional is Traditional: Student-Parents on Campuses »
Bill DeBaun, Program Analyst Kendall Cook, Graduate Data and Research Intern   NCAN members have seen and heard...
Thursday, July 7, 2016   (0 Comments - view/add)
Year-round Pell Appropriation in Jeopardy »
By Allie Ciaramella, Communications Manager  A House appropriations subcommittee approved a bill today that wou...
Wednesday, July 6, 2016   (0 Comments - view/add)
How Three Cities Plan to Boost FAFSA Completion »
By Allie Ciarmella, Communications Manager In May, NCAN announced the 22 U.S. cities we chose to receive up to $55,0...
Thursday, June 30, 2016   (0 Comments - view/add)
Dispatches of an NCAN Intern: Lessons Learned »
By Liz Glaser , Graduate Research Assistant Today is my last day at NCAN, and as I wrap up, I’ve been reflectin...
Wednesday, June 29, 2016   (0 Comments - view/add)
RCT Shows “Substantial Positive Effect” on Bottom Line-Served Students »
By Kendall Cook, Graduate Data and Research Intern In the spring of 2014, NCAN member Bottom Line launched a...
Monday, June 27, 2016   (0 Comments - view/add)
Meet the Exceptional Students Representing NCAN at the White House »
By Paula Acevedo, Graduate Policy Assistant  NCAN is proud that 40 of our nonprofit member organizations nomina...
Monday, June 27, 2016   (0 Comments - view/add)
NCAN Announces New Middle Grades Early Awareness Toolkit »
 By Liz Glaser , Graduate Research Assistant  Over the past year, our graduate research assistant Liz...
Tuesday, June 21, 2016   (0 Comments - view/add)
Beating the Odds 2016 Participants »
Once again, First Lady Michelle Obama will host a "Beating the Odds" summit at the White House for recent high school grad...
Monday, June 20, 2016   (0 Comments - view/add)
Advancing Access at the Clinton Global Initiative »
By Allie Ciaramella, Communications Manager    College access and student success advocates showed up in...
Friday, June 17, 2016   (0 Comments - view/add)
How Pell Students Miss Out on State Aid »
By Paula Acevedo, Graduate Policy Assistant     About 46 percent of Pell Grant recipients file the FAFSA...
Thursday, June 16, 2016   (0 Comments - view/add)
What Do Race Gaps in Higher Education Completion Tell Us? »
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Monday, June 13, 2016   (0 Comments - view/add)
FAFSA Non-Filers: What the Research Says »
By Paula Acevedo, Graduate Policy Assistant    Every year, at least 2 million students...
Friday, June 10, 2016   (0 Comments - view/add)
ESSA “N-Size” Questions In the Spotlight »
Bill DeBaun, Program Analyst A relatively in-the-weeds topic is being scrutinized over its implications for data repo...
Thursday, June 9, 2016   (0 Comments - view/add)
NCAN Comments On Draft 2017-18 FAFSA Form »
NCAN submitted the following comments to the U.S. Department of Education and Office of Federal Student Aid on the draft 2...
Tuesday, June 7, 2016   (0 Comments - view/add)
Year-Round Grants First Step in Strengthening Pell »
By Carrie Warick, Director of Partnerships and Policy  Today, a Senate Appropriations subcommittee introduced a b...
Friday, June 3, 2016   (0 Comments - view/add)
Time to Reinvest in Pell »
By Carrie Warick, Director of Partnerships and Policy   This week’s conversation about the projected Pell...
Thursday, June 2, 2016   (0 Comments - view/add)
Applications Open for NCAN’s Summer Idea Incubator Series; Apply by June 20 »
Last month, NCAN announced a series of “Idea Incubators” that would take place this summer at sites across the country ....
Wednesday, May 25, 2016   (0 Comments - view/add)
Postsecondary Data Collaborative Releases Series of Papers on Improving Infrastructure »
Bill DeBaun, Program Analyst Given the $130 billion distributed annually in federal aid, it’s often concerning to NCAN...
Monday, May 23, 2016   (0 Comments - view/add)
22 Cities Selected to Receive up to $55,000 in FAFSA Completion Challenge »
By Sara Melnick, deputy director NCAN is pleased to announce that 22 U.S. cities have been selected to receive up to $5...
Monday, May 23, 2016   (0 Comments - view/add)
Welcome to NCAN's New Communications Manager »
By Elizabeth Morgan, director of external relations The National College Access Network has hired Allie Ciaram...
Wednesday, May 18, 2016   (0 Comments - view/add)
Program Profile: KIPP Through College »
By Liz Glaser - Graduate Research Assistant While many early awareness programs serve as supports to cities and schoo...
Monday, May 16, 2016   (0 Comments - view/add)
NCAN Expands FAFSA Simplification Advocacy »
In April, the National College Access Network received a $1,020,246 grant over 18 months from the Bill & Melinda Gate...
Thursday, May 12, 2016   (0 Comments - view/add)
2016-17 FAFSA Completion News: The Good and the Bad »
Carrie Warick, Director of Partnership and Policy Throughout the peak 2016-17 FAFSA season, NCAN heard two recurring t...
Wednesday, May 11, 2016   (0 Comments - view/add)

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