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Mapping Your Future Higher Ed News – June 26, 2025

Higher Ed News Vol. 17 – Issue 13 Federal Student Aid announces webinars and additional resources for FSA Partner Connect Financial aid professionals will soon have some training resources available to help them understand and transition to FSA Partner Connect for enrollment and user management services. 2026-27 Student Aid Index (SAI) and Pell Grant Eligibility

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Tip of the Week – June 25, 2025

Tip of the Week More steps toward simplification planned for the 2026-27 FAFSA Although many of the major stumbling blocks with the simplified FAFSA have been overcome, there have been a few remaining issues for students and parents. The Department of Education has now announced plans to fix two of those issues involving the identity

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Tip of the Week – June 18, 2025

Tip of the Week Updated interest rate information available on Mapping Your Future website July is just around the corner and that means new student loan borrowers will see slightly lower interest rates starting July 1. To help your students know the upcoming July 1 interest rates, Mapping Your Future staff recently updated several references

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Four things rising seniors can do over the summer to prepare for the future

By Catherine Mueller Although rising high school seniors shouldn’t complete the FAFSA until next fall, there’s still plenty of things they can be doing right now to prepare for education after high school. Completing the 2026-27 FAFSA when it is available next October, will be important for high school seniors who want to seek financial aid

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Mapping Your Future Higher Ed News – June 12, 2025

Higher Ed News Vol. 17 – Issue 12 Direct Loan interest rates for loans first disbursed on or after July 1, 2025 announced Student loan borrowers will see slightly lower interest rates starting July 1 for Direct Loans borrowed on or after July 1, 2025. 2025-26 FSA Handbook Volume 8 (Direct Loans) now available You

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Mapping Your Future Higher Ed News – May 29, 2025

Higher Ed News Vol. 17 – Issue 11 Use and Disclosure of Federal Tax information and FAFSA Data training available New financial aid professionals will likely benefit the most from a new training course on the handling of student data, but experienced professionals may want to attend the course as a refresher. Campus-Based school testing

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Expanded late disbursement flexibilities for 2024-25 FAFSA forms and FAFSA processing error issues

By Marlene Seeklander Students impacted by an issue that prevented an official SAI (Student Aid Index) from being calculated may now be eligible to receive a Title IV loan. In a May 27, 2025 Electronic Announcement, the Department of Education (ED) announced that they are amending and extending flexibilities for late disbursements that were published in

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