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Wednesday, September 25, 2019 FAFSA Verification: Three Common Roadblocks and How to Solve Them » By guest blogger Sonja Demps , Operations Coordinator, Dell Scholars Program This article was originally published o...
Thursday, September 12, 2019 Use These Resources to Boost FAFSA Completion in Your Community » The launch of the 2020-21 FAFSA is right around the corner. Oct. 1 marks the first day that NCAN members can begin helping...
Tuesday, August 20, 2019 Financial Aid Fraud is Wrong — But Overcorrection Could Hurt More Students » This op-ed was originally published in The Hill on Aug. 1, 2019. Here we go again. Families guided by a private coll...
Friday, August 2, 2019 NASFAA Op-Ed: 5 Things We've Learned About Financial Aid Offers From Consumer Testing » By guest blogger Justin Draeger, National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators (NASFAA) President This...
Wednesday, July 24, 2019 North Texas School District Implements College Savings Program » By guest blogger Educate Texas staff This story originally appeared in the 2018 Educate Texas annual report and is...
Monday, July 8, 2019 2019-20 FAFSA Cycle Sees 10,000 Fewer Completions » This post has been updated. June 30 marks the unofficial end of each FAFSA cycle, at least for high school seniors, as...
Wednesday, June 5, 2019 How Can a State 529 Matching Program Help Low-Income Families Save for College? » As state legislatures debate policies to help more students get postsecondary education, college savings strategy is a ho...
Wednesday, May 29, 2019 HS Juniors: Build a College List By July 31 for a Chance to Win $40,000 » The College Board's new College Board Opportunity Scholarships program guides high school students through six...
Wednesday, May 15, 2019 Brilliant Baby Program Builds Savings Into Oakland Promise Continuum of College Access Support » Oakland Promise envisions that every child in Oakland graduates from high school with the expectations, resources, and ski...
Wednesday, May 1, 2019 9 Things to Know About the Timing of FAFSA Filing » When it comes to FAFSA data, at least two things are true. First, we really like FAFSA data over here at NCAN and are alwa...
Tuesday, April 16, 2019 Why May 1 Should Matter to High School Juniors » By Zenia Henderson , Director of Member & Partner Engagement Why should May 1 be an important date for high...
Monday, April 8, 2019 Social Media Strategies for Spreading the Word About FAFSA » Last year, NCAN selected 25 U.S. cities to participate in the 2018-19 FAFSA Completion Challenge . Through this project,...
Thursday, March 28, 2019 Grantee Sees FAFSA Completion as Gateway to Stronger Economy » Arizona finished the 2018-19 FAFSA cycle ahead of only two other states, rounding out the year with a 43 percent completio...
Tuesday, March 26, 2019 If We’re Lucky, This FAFSA Cycle Will Keep Pace with Last Year’s » FAFSA completion trends for the 2019-20 academic year have been anemic all cycle, and now it looks like the best that stak...
Monday, March 25, 2019 How Schools Engage Students to Help Increase FAFSA Completion » Last year, NCAN selected 25 U.S. cities to participate in the 2018-19 FAFSA Completion Challenge . Through this project,...
Wednesday, February 27, 2019 How Iowa College Aid Provides Student-Specific FAFSA Completion Data to Schools » By Christina Sibaouih, MAISD, and Jamie Covell, MSW, of Iowa College Aid Reading time: Four minutes Takeaway:...
Monday, February 25, 2019 This Community Foundation Gives College Scholarships to Students Starting in Fourth Grade » Launched in 2016, the Community Foundation of Wabash County (CFWC) Early-Award Scholarship Program gives colle...
Wednesday, January 30, 2019 New Website Aggregates and Shares Student Financial Aid Award Information » Launched in December, TuitionFit is a new entrant to the market of online services intended to help students choose a po...
Tuesday, January 29, 2019 4 Scholarship Sites To Share With Your Students » By Jamese Carrell, Member Services Associate, and Lindsay Broderick, Staff Writer Jan. 9, 2020: This piece was upda...
Wednesday, January 23, 2019 Tips for Engaging Parents in FAFSA Completion » Reading time: Five minutes Takeaway: Rene Diaz and Alma Vargas of GEAR UP Chicago highlight experience-based tips...
Friday, January 11, 2019 Tips for Engaging Parents in FAFSA Completion » A common question in the college access field is how to effectively engage parents and family members. Many parents of stu...
Thursday, January 10, 2019 New ED Guidance Provides Verification Relief for Students » Earlier this week, the Department of Education released new guidance to financial aid professionals about the types of doc...
Wednesday, January 9, 2019 Over a Quarter-Million FAFSA Filers Added With Prior-Prior Year Tax Data Change » After a five-year decline in the number of FAFSAs filed by students across the U.S., the 2017-18 cycle saw a 1.2 percent i...
Thursday, January 3, 2019 NASFAA’s NextStepsEd Website Assists Students Affected By School Closures » By guest blogger Sydney Evans, Policy & Research Assistant, NASFAA The NextStepsEd website provides student...
Tuesday, December 11, 2018 Child/College Savings Accounts Move Forward in 2018 » City leaders and state treasurers continued to adopt children’s savings account (CSA) programs in 2018. CSAs are long-term...
Thursday, December 6, 2018 FSA: More Verification Fixes on the Horizon » James Manning, acting chief operating officer for the office of Federal Student Aid, gives remarks at the 2018 FSA T...
Monday, December 3, 2018 If You Serve DREAMers, Don’t Miss These Scholarships » By Elizabeth Morgan, Director of External Relations, and Ewa Ogundana, Communications Intern Jan. 15, 2020: This pi...
Tuesday, November 13, 2018 New Form Your Future Website Provides Fresh FAFSA Completion Tools » NCAN has launched a revamped Form Your Future website to support schools and nonprofit organizations that help students...
Monday, November 12, 2018 Verification Melt Rate Ticks Up to 25 Percent » Update (February 18, 2021): New data from Federal Student Aid revised the verification melt estimate downward to 7.2%. P...
Friday, November 2, 2018 Massachusetts To Offer $50 in College Savings to Every Baby » On Oct. 16, Massachusetts Treasurer Deborah Goldberg announced that beginning in 2020, the state will automati...
Thursday, November 1, 2018 Saving Strategy Empowers Parents to Support Students Into College » Many college access programs interact primarily with students, but since its launch in 2009, Inversant has focused on pa...
Friday, October 26, 2018 How 22 Cities Helped Students Complete More FAFSAs and Get Financial Aid » Reading time: One minute Takeaway: 1) Don't reinvent the wheel. 2) Coordinate efforts. 3) Provide one-on-one help...
Monday, October 22, 2018 College Board Launches $25 Million National Scholarship Program » On Oct. 18, the College Board unveiled a new national scholarship program that guides high school students through the col...
Wednesday, October 17, 2018 10 Key Tips and Tools for Helping Students Understand Financial Aid » By guest bloggers Diane Cheng, Research Director at The Institute for College Access & Success (TICAS), an...
Tuesday, October 2, 2018 Pennsylvania Treasury to Grant $100 for College to All Babies, Starting in 2019 » On June 22, Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf signed a bill establishing the Keystone Scholars program , which...
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