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Legislation and regulations
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Perkins information released by the Department
May 09, 2019
Although the Perkins program is winding down, the Department of Education is releasing some new information.
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Reminder about Direct Loan Program year closeout date
May 09, 2019
No pressure, but the Department of Education is reminding schools about the record submission due date for 2017-18.
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Knowing the code is key to financial aid
May 01, 2019
Higher Education institutions all have names -- sometimes a reflection of the institution's location or history.
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New rates for HEAL borrowers
April 25, 2019
Although students have not received HEAL Loans for quite some time, there are still borrowers (maybe some of your alumni) that are repaying the loans.
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New reports provides insight into federal financial aid programs
April 25, 2019
The amount of outstanding federal student loan debt is now at $1.45 trillion and is increasing at a rate of about 5.2 percent, according to reports released last week by the Department of Education.
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Verification webinar recording available
April 24, 2019
In the April 23 Mapping Your Future webinar, "Verification: Dealing with the top issues for 2019-20," financial aid professionals described how their schools are managing the verification process.
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Federal Student Aid training website for professionals is moving
April 11, 2019
Training is part of the job when it comes to working in financial aid.
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Improve next year's FAFSA by sharing your comments and suggestions
April 11, 2019
Sometimes collecting the right information at the start makes the entire financial aid process go smoother.
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Outage to impact availability of Title IV Funds
April 11, 2019
If your office has been too busy processing Title IV aid to take a break, you may now have an opportunity.
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A new and improved user experience coming soon for the myFAFSA
March 26, 2019
Filling out the FAFSA will get just a little bit easier soon with some new features announced by the Department of Education.
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Verification webinar scheduled for April 23
March 26, 2019
If you are a verification professional in the financial aid office, you deserve kudos for managing a complex issue.
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Know your own phone number? Get access to your federal student aid information
March 25, 2019
For students, parents, and borrowers, getting access to their accounts on the Department of Education websites may soon be as easy as remembering their own phone number.
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Improvements planned for Common Origination and Disbursement
March 14, 2019
Some improvements are coming to the Common Origination and Disbursement system, but there will be some outages for the Department of Education to put those improvements in place.
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New website addresses for students
March 14, 2019
Schools that provide links to important resources for incoming students will want to take note of some new website addresses for some Department of Education resources.