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After the FAFSA
The Institute for College Access & Success, July 2010This report sheds light on what happens to federal financial aid applicants after they submit the FAFSA. Using 2007-08 financial aid data from 13 California community colleges, the Institute found...
Official Comment on 2010-11 Student Aid Report (SAR)
The Institute for College Access & Success, November 2009The SAR is what federal aid applicants receive after filing the FAFSA. Our official public comments focus on ways to make it more clear and helpful to students and families so that they can make...
Official Comment on Self-Certification Form
The Institute for College Access & Success, November 2009The self-certification form must be filled out by students applying for a private student loan, starting in February 2010. This new process is the result of a provision in the Higher Education...
Official Comments on the 2010-11 FAFSA
The Institute for College Access & Success, November 2009The Institute for College Access & Success' comments on the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) for the 2010-11 school year in response to the Federal Register notice published on...
Official Comment on 2009-10 FAFSA Form
The Institute for College Access & Success, September 2008On September 23, 2008, the Institute submitted its official comment on the U.S. Department of Education’s proposed rules for the 2009-10 FAFSA form.
Going to the Source: A Practical Way to Simplify the FAFSA
The Institute for College Access & Success, March 2007This report outlines a plan for simplifying the financial aid application process by letting financial aid applicants ask the IRS to automatically answer many of the most difficult and important...
Opinion on Legal Requirements for Disclosure of Tax Transcript Data
Holland + Knight LLP, March 2007This legal opinion concludes that the IRS may legally release tax transcript information to the Department of Education with a financial aid applicant's written request. This procedure could be...
Testimony of Lauren Asher before Advisory Committee on Student Financial Assistance
Project on Student Debt, September 2006The Associate Director of the Project on Student Debt addressed the ACSFA about ways of simplifying the FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid) by using information the government already...
