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Tip of the Week
January 15, 2020
Form opinions
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Mapping Your Future Higher Ed News
January 09, 2020
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Mapping Your Future's 2019 best-read list
January 09, 2020
The books people buy often say a lot about what topics are trending.
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What you need to know about the new StudentAid.gov website
January 09, 2020
The financial aid community received a gift over the holidays - an enhanced StudentAid.gov website.
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Tip of the Week
January 08, 2020
Mapping Your Future's 2019 best-read list
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Can you be trusted?
January 07, 2020
If you have ever had someone betray your trust, then you know how important it is for you to be a trustworthy person.
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Early Awareness E-News
January 07, 2020
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Four tips to avoid missing scholarship deadlines
January 07, 2020
If you don't meet the deadline, you won't qualify.
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Key differences between internships, apprenticeships, work-study and part-time jobs
January 07, 2020
Add some on-the-job experience to your education and you are positioning yourself for a successful career.
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Where do I start applying for financial aid?
January 07, 2020
If you are a high school senior or the parent of a senior, the next few months can be crucial to applying for financial aid, such as scholarships, grants, and loans.
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January tasks for high school seniors
January 01, 2020
During your senior year, you will finalize your college choice.
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Mapping Your Future 2020 holiday calendar
January 01, 2020
At Mapping Your Future, we look forward to working with students, families, schools, our Sponsors, and others in 2020.
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Federal education websites to consolidate this weekend
December 19, 2019
While many of will be celebrating the holidays this weekend, it will be moving weekend for some of the Department of Education websites.
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Mapping Your Future Higher Ed News
December 19, 2019
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Understanding taxes - The basics and beyond webinar recording available
December 19, 2019
As a financial aid professional, you already face many challenges in reviewing tax documents of students and parents in the verification process, and this year those challenges may increase due to tax law changes implemented in 2018.
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Tip of the Week
December 18, 2019
Happy Holidays
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Seeking your input for the scholarship applications webinar
December 17, 2019
Mapping Your Future needs your help with the upcoming "Strategies for making the most of scholarship applications" webinars, scheduled for January 30 and February 4, 2020.
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2020-21 Verification worksheets released
December 12, 2019
Mapping Your Future recently released the 2020-21 verification worksheets provided to assist Member schools and schools in Sponsored states in collecting information they need from students to complete the verification process.
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Tip of the Week
December 11, 2019
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Mapping Your Future Higher Ed News
December 05, 2019
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Resources for reviewing tax forms
December 05, 2019
Although financial aid professionals aren't expected to be tax experts, those working with verification documents need to be familiar with tax forms.
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Tip of the Week
December 04, 2019
Reviewing tax information
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December tasks for high school seniors
December 03, 2019
During your senior year, you will finalize your college choice.
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Early Awareness E-News
December 03, 2019
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Five facts everyone should know about parent student loans
December 03, 2019
Numerous studies reveal that the influence of parents on a child's academic success is critical.
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Paying for college - it's about more than the tuition
December 03, 2019
The cost of college and how to pay for it is a big concern for many students and parents.
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Strategies for making the most of scholarship applications webinar scheduled for students, parents
December 03, 2019
When it comes to applying for scholarships, you may be overwhelmed, not sure where to look, or feel it's not worth the effort.
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Support Mapping Your Future while shopping online
December 03, 2019
While shopping online for the holidays, you can support Mapping Your Future by shopping through the AmazonSmile program.
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Working and budgeting in the gig economy
December 03, 2019
A steady job with a paycheck and benefits may not be a part of the future for some people, and that is just the way they want it.
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High school students: Protect your identity
December 01, 2019
As a high school student, you probably already conduct a lot of your daily life online.
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Tip of the Week
November 26, 2019
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Mapping Your Future Higher Ed News
November 21, 2019
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Tip of the Week
November 20, 2019
Benefits of gratitude
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Update issues
November 18, 2019
The Department of Education is asking EDExpress users to avoid some of the recent Microsoft Office updates - at least temporarily.
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Tip of the Week
November 13, 2019
Understanding taxes webinar scheduled for December 10 and December 18.
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Mapping Your Future Higher Ed News
November 07, 2019
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New calculators help student loan borrowers manage repayment
November 07, 2019
Anyone considering refinancing their student loans should determine how a refinance will impact their repayment.
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Standards are changing
November 07, 2019
Department of Education revises definition of standard terms.
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"Understanding taxes - The basics and beyond" webinar scheduled
November 06, 2019
As a financial aid professional, you already face many challenges in reviewing tax documents of students and parents in the verification process, and this year those challenges may increase due to tax law changes implemented in 2018.
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Tip of the Week
November 06, 2019
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Early Awareness E-News
November 04, 2019
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Every college student needs this important skill
November 04, 2019
It is probably one of the most important skills needed for college.
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Guide to Life after High School reinforces discussions about planning, paying for college
November 04, 2019
Students can benefit from learning in a variety of formats.
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Mapping Your Future protects visitors' privacy
November 04, 2019
Mapping Your Future respects the privacy of its website visitors, and actively follows its privacy policy.
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Four questions to answer before enrolling in study abroad
November 02, 2019
One of the great things about education after high school is all the opportunities for new experiences and challenges.
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November tasks for high school seniors
November 01, 2019
During your senior year, you will finalize your college choice.
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Why grades are important in college
November 01, 2019
It is rare that anyone wants to know my scores in college.
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Tip of the Week
October 30, 2019
Daylight Savings Time
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Access restored to most, but not all, after Federal Student Aid system changes
October 24, 2019
The Department of Education has restored access to Federal Student Aid systems for nearly every financial aid professional after inadvertently removing the access recently.
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Enhance your financial wellness with free webinars offered by Money Management International
October 24, 2019
To manage your personal finances successfully, you need an understanding of important financial tools and techniques.
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Many borrowers have grace periods ending soon
October 24, 2019
Spring 2019 graduates and students that dropped below half-time status are going to enter repayment soon.
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Mapping Your Future Higher Ed News
October 24, 2019
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New materials for your financial aid nights
October 23, 2019
It's time to update your financial aid event presentations.
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Tip of the Week
October 23, 2019
Value of attending conferences
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Tip of the Week
October 16, 2019
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Communicating about the myStudentAid app
October 10, 2019
The 2020-21 FAFSA is expected to be pretty user-friendly but, even so, your students may still need some guidance - especially when it comes to using the myStudentAid mobile app.
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Mapping Your Future Higher Ed News
October 10, 2019
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Mapping Your Future third-party servicer reminders
October 10, 2019
Completing forms and paperwork is a necessary part of a financial aid administrators job.
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MappingXpress could be the key to improving your document collection process
October 10, 2019
An easy, secure way for your office to handle verification documents is through MappingXpress.
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Tip of the Week
October 09, 2019
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A worksheet to prepare for the 2020-21 FAFSA
October 04, 2019
Knowing all the questions on an upcoming exam certainly helps you prepare and chances are you are going to do better.
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Early Awareness E-News
October 04, 2019
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FAFSA webinar materials available
October 04, 2019
The 2020-21 FAFSA webinars have concluded and the webinar materials are now available.
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Understanding the types of financial aid
October 04, 2019
Financial aid is one of the tools that make higher education possible for many students.
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Tip of the Week
October 02, 2019
FAFSA webinar materials available
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FAFSA completion impacted by IRS outage on October 6
October 01, 2019
If you plan to complete your 2020-21 FAFSA over the weekend, you may want to avoid doing so during the day on Sunday, Oct. 6.
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October tasks for high school seniors
October 01, 2019
During your senior year, you will finalize your college choice.
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FAFSA webinar recordings available
September 26, 2019
The 2020-21 FAFSA webinars for financial aid professionals and others were held September 12 and September 18.
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Mapping Your Future Higher Ed News
September 26, 2019
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New Tool Kit for Financial Aid Administrators
September 26, 2019
With everything that financial aid professionals need to know, it is amazing there is any time to do your job after learning all you need to learn.
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Time to keep working on lowering student loan default rates
September 26, 2019
One of the top priorities for the financial aid office – among many – is taking action to prevent or reduce student loan defaults.
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Training for new financial aid professionals at FSA conference
September 26, 2019
If you are new to financial aid - welcome!
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Tip of the Week
September 25, 2019
Default rates
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Tip of the Week
September 18, 2019
September days
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College students: Protect your identity
September 12, 2019
As a college student, you probably conduct a lot of your daily life online - ranging from attending classes and accepting financial aid to interacting on social media and managing your bank accounts.
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Department to reimburse institutions for Perkins Service Cancellations
September 12, 2019
Your institution may be getting some money back.
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Make MappingXpress an integral part of your verification processes
September 12, 2019
Collecting documents from students and parents securely and efficiently is key to the verification process.
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Mapping Your Future Higher Ed News
September 12, 2019
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New financial aid education resource for administrators
September 12, 2019
The Information for Financial Aid Professionals website is great and all, but. . .there's a new resource that seems to be a lot more user friendly for those professionals who want to learn about financial aid.
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Tip of the Week
September 11, 2019
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Do these three things for a great school year
September 04, 2019
It is like a gift yet to be opened.
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Early Awareness E-News
September 04, 2019
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September tasks for high school seniors
September 04, 2019
During your senior year, you will finalize your college choice.
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Tip of the Week
September 04, 2019
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Mapping Your Future Higher Ed News
August 29, 2019
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New calculators help student loan borrowers manage repayment
August 29, 2019
Although it's somewhat unpredictable at this point, interest rates continue to be low enough that some student loan borrowers are considering refinancing their student loans to a lower interest rate.
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Guide to estimate financial aid for 2020-21 now available
August 28, 2019
The new academic year just got started for most of us and, yet, we are already planning for the 2020-21 academic year.
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Preparing for Emergencies: Important Papers & Disaster Readiness webinar scheduled for September 12
August 28, 2019
Powered by Money Management International, Mapping Your Future offers free webinars to anyone interested in learning more about a variety of financial wellness topics.
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September 30 deadline for schools in Missouri to join the Membership Program
August 28, 2019
Mapping Your Future's Membership Program will be implemented Tuesday, October 1 for schools in Missouri.
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Tip of the Week
August 28, 2019
New Student loan refinance calculator released
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Tip of the Week
August 21, 2019
Military education benefits webinar recording available.
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"Understanding Military Education Benefits - Three Perspectives" webinar recording available
August 20, 2019
In the August 15th webinar, "Understanding Military Education Benefits - Three Perspectives," panelists provided information and insight on educational benefits for veterans.
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Educate students with Private Loan Counseling
August 15, 2019
Private student loans can be an option for those students who have unmet financial need after they have exhausted all other financial resources.
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Mapping Your Future Higher Ed News
August 15, 2019
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Mapping Your Future offers free career planning information, resources
August 15, 2019
Now that summer is winding down and vacations may soon be over, it's back-to-school or back-to-work for many people.
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The key to completing the FISAP
August 15, 2019
Department of Education offers online training for financial aid professionals.
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Upcoming Transition of FSAdownload Content and Financial Partners Portal to IFAP Website
August 15, 2019
It may be a change - but one that is for the better.
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Tip of the Week
August 14, 2019
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Tip of the Week
August 07, 2019
FAFSA webinars scheduled
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August tasks for high school seniors
August 01, 2019
Starting your senior year is an exciting time.
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Early Awareness E-News
August 01, 2019
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Increase your knowledge in the fundamentals of financial aid administration
August 01, 2019
Now is the opportunity to take your career to the next level by completing the Fundamentals of Federal Student Aid Administration workshop.
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Mapping Your Future Higher Ed News
August 01, 2019
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Answering student and parent questions about the 2020-21 FAFSA
July 31, 2019
For many students, the first step to getting money for college is completing the FAFSA.
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How one little habit can mean huge success in college
July 31, 2019
It only takes a few minutes a couple of times a day, but it can mean the difference between success and failure.
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Tip of the Week
July 31, 2019
Military education benefits webinar scheduled
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"Understanding Military Education Benefits - Three Perspectives" webinar scheduled for August 15
July 30, 2019
Assistance with education costs are a valuable benefit for those serving in the military.
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2020-21 FAFSA training available for financial aid professionals and others helping students and parents complete the FAFSA
July 30, 2019
Financial aid professionals or counselors helping students with the FAFSA or managing the verification process should be aware of changes to the 2020-21 FAFSA.
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Department clarifies process for checking on high school completion
July 29, 2019
Financial aid professionals checking on the validity of a high school diploma have some authority to go beyond the process outlined in regulations.
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Why your college may ask for a tax transcript and how to get one
July 29, 2019
Just when you think you have completed all the financial aid applications, your college financial aid office notifies you they need a tax transcript.
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Tip of the Week
July 24, 2019