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In May 2015, the US Department of Education announced that it would sunset its old e-signature system for the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) and replace it with a new system to authenticate FAFSA information. But the new system is...

For planning purposes: October 6, 2016 Contact: Jessica Kennedy, Director of Communications and Outreach West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission (304) 558-0655 jessica.kennedy@wvhepc.edu College Foundation of West Virginia to host “FAFSA...

Early Application Can Increase Amount of Aid Received Des Moines, IA, January 4, 2016 –For college-bound students, January brings more than just the start of a new year. January 1 also marks the availability of the Free Application for Federal Student...

This information about applying for financial aid is timely for me, since we have a soon-to-be college student.  I'm passing it along to anyone in the same place.  See the bottom of the post for more links.  Oh, and I'm not being compensated in any way...

People starting college in the fall of 2017 probably haven’t yet decided where they’re going to school, let alone figured out how much money they’ll need to do it, but it’s almost time to start applying for financial aid. In the past, students and their...