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Unequal Distribution

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Financial aid discussions have centered on simplifying FAFSA and increasing federal Pell Grants – all important – but federal student aid policies are only one funding source for families trying to determine how to pay for college. Oftentimes low-income students rely on loans they are stuck paying back over many years, even decades.

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Liberal Arts College Acceptance Rates: Increase Your Odds

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(Colgate saw a remarkable 102% increase in applications from the 2019-20 to 2020-21 admissions cycles and seems to still be riding that wave.) increase in applications between the 2020-21 and 2021-22 cycles and a decrease in acceptance rate from 8.74% to 6.93%; Pomona saw a 4.9%

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Biden Cancels Another $9 Billion In Student Loan Debt

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The Biden administration revealed Wednesday that fixes to existing loan forgiveness options resulted in $9.2 billion in loan discharges. The Department of Education has made a concerted effort to address shortcomings in student loan repayment plans. The Biden administration on Wednesday announced another $9.2

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Social Worker Loan Forgiveness Legislation Reintroduced in Congress

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Senate would offer up to $250,000 in loan forgiveness for certain behavioral health providers, including some social workers. The legislation would repay a sixth of a qualifying individual's eligible loans each year. A bipartisan bill in the U.S. Tina Smith (D-Minn.), Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), and Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.)

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Princeton Acceptance Rate: How to Get Into Princeton

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Test-optional policies brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic account for the highly competitive 2020-21 admissions cycle. Princeton announced its test-optional policy in the summer of 2020 and has since renewed the policy into the 2022-23 admissions cycle (for admission to the Class of 2027).

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NASFAA Rolls Out Recommendations for Pell Grant Expansion

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The report comes as incarcerated students will have their Pell Grant access restored in July 2023 — nearly 30 years after the federal policy was ended in 1994. What Lawmakers and the Department of Education Can Do. Collecting data on how different corrections agencies are choosing students for prison education programs.

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Financial Aid Application Time

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So if you are applying for 2021-22, you will use 2019 and 2020 information. Some key differences are that it includes home equity of primary dwelling, family farms, value of small businesses, and for some schools, the non-custodial and/or stepparent income and cash value of life insurance policies.