By Catherine Mueller A recent upgrade in NSLDS has prompted the Department of Education to recommend all professional users of the system update their credentials. In a July 22 Electronic Announcement, the Department of Education said it recently upgraded the NSLDS Reports Tool on the NSLDS Professional Access website and the upgrade resulted in invalid […]
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By Catherine Mueller Coming to a resolution on some issues is not always easy. And when it comes to resolving conflicting information on a FAFSA, financial aid professionals now have some more steps to take. In a July 24 Update to June 17 Electronic Announcement, the Department of Education revised the instructions with additional steps
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By Marlene Seeklander Staying on top of new regulations and getting answers to your questions can be a challenge at any time but this year it is especially true. The final regulations for Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment (FVT/GE) took effect on July 1, 2024, in the midst of all the FAFSA changes and challenges.
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By Marlene Seeklander If your office had plans to catch up on some work over the weekend, your plans may be on hold, particularly if it involves using the G6 or COD systems. The Department of Education announced in GEN-24-87 that they will perform extended system maintenance to the G6 Grants Management System (G6) on July
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By Catherine Mueller Youth dealing with homelessness face many challenges, but access to education shouldn’t be one. In a July 19 Electronic Announcement, the Department of Education reminds institutions of their roles and responsibilities related to making dependency determinations for unaccompanied homeless youth effective with the 2024-25 FAFSA. For the 2024-25 award year, a student is
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By Marlene Seeklander For those schools required to report data under the Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment final regulations, one small part of that data is now available in the Federal Register. A Federal Register Notice published on June 28 includes a list of CIP codes for qualifying graduate programs. The CIP codes are
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By Marlene Seeklander Now might be a good time to consider a password manager if you are accessing any of the Department of Education’s systems to manage federal financial aid. In a July 1 Electronic Announcement, the Department said it is implementing new password requirements for its systems accessed by many of its industry partners.
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By Marlene Seeklander Borrowers seeking Public Service Loan Forgiveness should check their StudentAid.gov accounts in the next few months to determine their progress toward that goal. In a July 3, 2024, update to an April 2024 Electronic Announcement, the Department of Education said borrowers can expect to see updated payment counts during the summer and
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By Catherine Mueller There’s no definitive answer yet for those up-and-coming high school seniors wondering about the release of the 2025-26 FAFSA. However, while the Department of Education has not given an official release date yet, they have indicated that they tentatively plan to release the next FAFSA on October 1. The Department has said
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By Catherine Mueller The long-awaited ability for schools to make manual FAFSA corrections should soon be available and to help schools with the new process, the Department of Education is offering training. The Office of Federal Student Aid (FSA) will demonstrate how to use the FAFSA Partner Portal (FPP) to submit FAFSA corrections in a webinar
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