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New learning opportunity designed to strengthen “big picture” knowledge of federal financial aid

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By Marlene Seeklander Good financial aid professionals know their job responsibilities. Great financial aid professionals understand how their job responsibilities fit into the big picture of federal financial aid. Financial aid professionals can strengthen their knowledge of Title IV administration through a new standalone course in the Federal Student Aid (FSA) Training Center – “Introduction to […]

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“Awarding With Pell Grant Formula 1” webinar materials now available

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By Marlene Seeklander Schools that use Pell Grant Formula 1 and attended the recent webinar on the topic, can now download the materials. Federal Student Aid (FSA) has the presentation slides available for the webinar which was held on May 6. Materials can be downloaded by logging into the FSA Training Center (fsatraining.ed.gov) then going to

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A new look for financial data in student loan data system

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By Marlene Seeklander Financial aid professionals will now see loan amounts to the exact penny when viewing information on the National Student Loan Data System (NSLDS. The Department of Education provided a May 7 update to an Electronic Announcement published on April 24 that addressed NSLDS processing. The Department stated that in order to align with

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Financial aid professionals can prepare now for fall reporting and application process

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By Marlene Seeklander Financial aid professionals who want to get a head start on preparing for the 2027-28 Fiscal Operations Report for 2025-26 and Application to Participate for 2027-28 (FISAP), draft materials are now available. In a May 7 Electronic Announcement, the Department of Education provided draft versions of the FISAP, including instructions and technical reference

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Schools reminded of renewal of annual registration with federal government

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By Marlene Seeklander As part of the process to participate in federal financial aid programs, all postsecondary institutions must regularly renew their registration with the federal government. In a May 5 Electronic Announcement, the Department of Education said an institution’s Unique Entity ID (UEI) must be verified in the General Services Administration System for Award Management (SAM)

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Colleges implementing new rules for federal student loan programs

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By Marlene Seeklander Along with all of the tasks at the academic year-end and the awarding of aid for the next year, financial aid professionals are also in the middle of implementing new federal student loan rules. On Friday, May 1, the Department of Education published the final regulations in the Federal Register for the

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EDExpress for Windows 2026-27, Release 2.0 now available

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By Marlene Seeklander Several resources are now available for EDExpress users with Release 2.0 of the 2026-27 EDExpress for Windows software. Federal Student Aid recently announced the availability of EDExpress for Windows 2026-27, Release 2.0, which is available in the Software and Other Tools area of the Knowledge Center website. This release includes full Pell Grant, Direct

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Updated 2026-27 Federal School Code List released

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By Marlene Seeklander The Department of Education recently released an updated 2026-27 Federal School Code List, which plays a key role in the FAFSA. The Department announced the availability of the updated 2026–27 Federal School Code (FSC) List of Participating Schools.  Although it’s usually not necessary, students can enter these codes on the FAFSA in order

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Real-time fraud detection capability launched in FAFSA form

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By Marlene Seeklander To thwart would-be fraudsters, the financial aid application process now includes an identity screening process. In an April 27 press release, the Department of Education said that effective immediately, they have launched a new, real-time fraud detection capability for the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) form. Every applicant will be evaluated

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Pell Grant and Work-Study awards subject of upcoming Wednesday Webinar Series

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By Marlene Seeklander Financial aid professionals know that awarding Pell Grants and Federal Work-Study may seem easy on the surface but gets complicated in the details. To provide training or a refresher for financial aid professionals, Federal Student Aid (FSA) will offer a series of Wednesday Webinars on Pell Grants and Work-Study. FSA announced four live webinars covering

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