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Holiday hours for Federal Student Aid and Mapping Your Future
By Marlene Seeklander Hopefully, your holiday “to do” list doesn’t include working on Christmas or New…
Why your college may ask for a tax transcript and how to get one
By Catherine Mueller Just when you think you have completed all the financial aid applications,…
Things to know when calculating assets for the 2026-27 FAFSA
By Catherine Mueller While several steps have been taken to simplify the FAFSA, students and parents…
Mapping Your Future Higher Ed News – December 18, 2025
Higher Ed News Vol. 17 – Issue 25 Students completing the FAFSA to be notified…
Tip of the Week – December 17, 2025
Tip of the Week Happy Holidays from Mapping Your Future
Important reminders for schools with Federal Perkins Loan portfolios
By Marlene Seeklander Schools with existing Federal Perkins Loan portfolios will want to make note of…
Federal Student Aid Training Conference to be held March 4-6, 2026
By Marlene Seeklander After several years of hosting a virtual conference, the Department of Education is…
More than $1 billion in federal student aid fraud halted in 2025
By Marlene Seeklander Enhanced controls prevented more than $1 billion in attempted financial aid fraud in…
Additional volumes of 2025-26 Federal Student Aid Handbook now available
By Marlene Seeklander Financial aid professionals can now add the latest volumes of the 2025-26 Federal Student…
February 2026 ACT registration deadline approaching soon
By Marlene Seeklander Students who want to take the ACT in February, either for the first…
EDExpress 2024-25 has workaround for FISAP Total Income Calculation issue
By Marlene Seeklander EDExpress users who still need to make corrections to the 2024-25 FISAP now…
EDExpress 2025-26 Service Release 2.0 now available – Adds Maximum Pell field to FISAP reports
By Marlene Seeklander EDExpress for Windows users have a new service release available for their use…
Details released about new federal portal for reporting foreign gifts and contracts
By Marlene Seeklander The Department of Education this month released more information about enhancements to the…
Tip of the Week – December 10, 2025
Tip of the Week Managing the “hecticness” of the holidays The holidays can be a…
Students completing the FAFSA to be notified about colleges with lower earnings
By Marlene Seeklander Students completing the FAFSA now have additional information when deciding which college they…
