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(GENERAL-24-01) Federal Student Aid Handbook – 2024-25 Application and Verification Guide and 2023-2024 FSA Assessments

Federal Student Aid  POSTED DATE: January 05, 2024 AUTHOR: Federal Student Aid ELECTRONIC ANNOUNCEMENT ID: GENERAL-24-01 SUBJECT: Federal Student Aid Handbook – 2024-25 Application and Verification Guide and 2023-2024 FSA Assessments We are pleased to announce the availability of the Application and Verification Guide of the 2024-2025 Federal Student Aid Handbook as well as the 2023-2024 FSA Assessments. The Application […]

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Key student-loan relief is on the line as Congress once again works to avoid a government shutdown

Business Insider  Avelet Sheffey January 8, 2024 Congress is back to negotiating spending bills as a government shutdown looms. Funding for the labor and education bill will lapse on February 2 without an agreement on new spending. The GOP’s proposal for education funding would cut resources for student-loan borrowers. The government is once again facing […]

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Washington Watch: ED begins new round of ‘neg reg’

Community College Daily Alexis Gravely and David Baime January 8, 2024 Negotiators convene today for the first of three sessions held by the U.S. Education Department (ED) to develop new regulations on institutional quality and program integrity. Topics under consideration include accreditation, distance education, state authorization and “Return of Title IV Funds”. All of these […]

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Education Department sued over gainful employment rule

Inside Higher Ed Laura Spitalniak January 5, 2024 The American Association of Cosmetology Schools said the rule is based on a “flawed” debt-to-earnings ratio. Dive Brief: The U.S. Department of Education is being sued over its new gainful employment rule by a trade organization representing postsecondary beauty schools. The American Association of Cosmetology Schools, along with one […]

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