Department of Education

By Marlene Seeklander Schools with questions related to the E-App and other general school eligibility will want to make note of updated contact information. According to a recent Electronic Announcement, with the recent regional organizational changes, Federal Student Aid (FSA) is now responding to questions related to the completion of the Application for Approval to Participate […]

By Marlene Seeklander Students may have a little more access to some federal financial aid programs under a program that waives the institutional funding requirements. The Department of Education provides a waiver of the non-federal share for the Federal Work Study (FWS) and Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant (FSEOG) programs for certain institutions. A recent Electronic

By Marlene Seeklander The Department of Education is reminding financial aid administrators about the importance of completing the identity verification process for flagged individuals and reporting suspected fraud. Identity Verification update The Department announced on February 24 that they have resumed flagging applicants that meet criteria for potentially fraudulent activity. This includes applicants suspected of using

By Marlene Seeklander The days are winding down for financial aid professionals to access the event platform for the 2024 Virtual FSA Training Conference. According to an update to an earlier Electronic Announcement from Federal Student Aid, the event platform will no longer be available after March 6, 2025, thus users will no longer be able

By Marlene Seeklander Schools wanting to submit batch corrections for 2024-25 and 2025-26 through the Electronic Data Exchange finally have good news. An Electronic Announcement released by the Department of Education provides on update on the launch of batch institutional corrections for 2024-25 and 2025-26 cycles via the Electronic Data Exchange (EDE) starting at 12:01 p.m.