Early Awareness E-News

April 2026
Vol. 18 – Issue 4

Mapping Your Future hosts scholarship strategies webinar – recording now available

Scholarships can sometimes mean the difference between having enough money for a college education or having to borrow student loans.

Federal student loan borrowers on SAVE repayment plan must choose a new plan soon

Student loan borrowers on the now defunct federal SAVE plan now face a deadline for selecting a new repayment plan.

Minor updates coming to the 2027-28 FAFSA

The 2027-28 FASFA will include a few minor changes when it is released in the fall.

First step taken to move federal student loan administration to U.S. Treasury

The U.S. Department of Treasury will begin collecting on defaulted federal student loan loans in what is intended as the first step move federal student loans out of the Department of Education.

Mapping Your Future offers a variety of financial literacy tools

During Financial Literacy Month in April, Mapping Your Future encourages you to use its financial literacy tools and share the tools and resources with your students.

Number of student loan borrowers in default matching pre-pandemic levels

Nearly 8 million student loan borrowers with $180 billion federal student loans are in default, according to the latest data from the Department of Education.

Three factors for measuring an education’s return on investment

The amount of money we make in our lifetime is just one way, albeit an important one to many people, to measure how well we’ve done in our careers.

Reminders on the reporting of 2025 student loan interest payments on tax returns

Tax preparation time is here, and, although financial aid professionals aren’t required to be tax experts, you may receive questions about the reporting of student loan interest payments.

Financial pressure on Gen Z and their parents

 It’s tough to talk about money.

April tasks for high school seniors

As your senior year winds down, don’t let yourself become distracted by solely focusing on celebrating graduation – stay focused and finish your high school career strong.

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