by Sally Samuels | Feb 3, 2024 | 2024, FAFSA, Winter
The Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended, provides the regulatory framework for institutions of higher education to provide federal assistance to their students. The Act was set up to be reauthorized every five years and over the years has been extended. But the...
by John Dysart | Jan 27, 2023 | 2023, Business Mgmt, FAFSA, Winter
The pandemic negatively impacted millions of people; yet, Government intervention mitigated some of the challenges. One of the ways the federal government reduced the economic impact was to pause the payments on federal student loans. After more than three years,...
by Sally Samuels, David Agron, Ph.D. | Oct 16, 2021 | 2021, Accreditation, FAFSA, Fall
Beware of Doing This Without Help I used to attend monthly meetings of The Dean’s Roundtable, a meeting of academic deans of universities in Southern California. You would be familiar with several of the schools represented there. At one meeting, one of the deans said...
by David Agron, Ph.D. | Mar 8, 2021 | FAFSA, Spring
Christian colleges and universities are elgible to distribute Federal Student Financial Aid (FAFSA) when achieving candidacy or accreditation status, depending on the accreditation agency. See the table below for qualifications regarding ABHE, ATS, and TRACS...
by Sally Samuels | Oct 21, 2020 | 2020, FAFSA, Fall
The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act was signed on March 27, 2020, providing important temporary financial aid allowances to assist students during the pandemic. Here are the five most significant changes that the financial aid department at...
by Ibis Vento | Feb 2, 2020 | 2020, FAFSA, Recruiting, Winter
Student loan debt exceeds a staggering $1.5 trillion among 42 million people.[1] Many of the students in our Christian higher education schools are part of that statistic. When our students lack financial literacy, they suffer, but so does our school. While we are in...
