News and Updates About Federal Financial Aid & the FAFSA: Students | Practitioners
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                            FAFSA Walkthrough: Step-by-Step Guide to Completing Your FAFSA
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                            Want to Know What You’ll Pay for College? There’s a Fast New Calculator for That.
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                            uAspire Celebrates Two Major Legislative Wins Expanding Student Basic Needs in California
 
                            What students need to know about changes to federal student loans
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                            Ending Surprise Bills in Higher Education
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                            Santander US Launches New Scholarship Initiative to Expand Access to Higher Education Nationwide
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                            Financial Aid Changes from HR 1 - “The One Big Beautiful Bill Act”
 
                            The 7 Things School Counselors (and Others) Need to Know About the 26–27 FAFSA
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                            Free Virtual Financial Aid Webinar Series for Counselors
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                            Briefing: Universal FAFSA Supporting Students to and Through Financial Aid Applications
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                            Full Statement on Governor’s May Revise
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                            uAspire Webinar Series: Summer Steps for Financial Aid
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                            uAspire Webinar Series: Financial Aid Offer Review
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                            uAspire Webinar Series: FAFSA Follow-Up
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                            Advocates aiming for mandatory college financial aid application
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                            For Students Like Me, FAFSA Is the First Step to Opportunity
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                            The $500 Barrier: How Minor Balances Halt Major Futures in New York
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                            Statement on Governor Hochul’s FY 2026 Budget: Advancing Equity Through Public Higher Education
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                            uAspire Names Hallie Hanson as Chief Development Officer
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                            uAspire’s 2023–24 Impact Report Is Here!
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                            5 Questions to Ask When Reviewing Your College Financial Aid Offer
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                            How & When to Review Your Financial Aid Offer Letters
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                            Making a College List? Use These Tools to Factor in Affordability
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                            What Practitioners Need to Know about the CSS Profile
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                            Our Experiences and Challenges with the 2025–2026 FAFSA
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                            Free Virtual Financial Aid Events
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                            Fall 2025 Policy Fellowship Application is Open!
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                            FAFSA Follow-up and Accessing FAFSA Data
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                            uAspire Receives $3.4 Million Grant from Crankstart
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                            Selected for Verification? Tips to Help You Complete the Process
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                            Colleges Expand Financial Aid Programs With Prices Near $100,000
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                            Simplification for a Better Education
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                            Navigating Financial Aid Alone- A low-income first-generation student of color perspective on Univer
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                            Chutes and Ladders: Falling Behind and Getting Ahead with the Simplified FAFSA
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                            I Tested the Latest FAFSA. It Works Fine. Don’t Celebrate Yet.
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                            Best Practices for Supporting Students with Their Scholarship Search
 
                            What to Expect When the 25-26 FAFSA Launches
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                            uAspire Appoints New CFO, Casandra I. Scales
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                            Welcome Fall 2024 Policy Fellows Cohort!
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                            Incorporating College Affordability into College List Creation Conversations
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                            In first year, tuition-free community college program yields data
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                            Pennsylvania launches new free resource to help students, families fill out FAFSA form
In the Media
 
                            2025-26 FAFSA: What We've Learned and Our Recommendations
 
                            The price of college shouldn’t be a guessing game
 
                            Growing Up in Weston, MA - A Middle-Class Student’s Perspective on Legacy Admissions
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                            Case Study: uAspire Connects Students to Post-Secondary Success
 
                            Guiding Students Through Financial Aid Offers Amid FAFSA Changes
 
                            FAFSA ‘train wreck’ rollout makes it harder to get to college. What went wrong?
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                            Master Narrative of College Access Belies Reality for Today’s Students
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                            How To Navigate College Financial Aid
In the Media
 
                            College Uncovered: Buyer Beware Podcast Episode
For Students
 
                            OPINION: With financial aid processes more broken than ever, here’s what families can do
For Students
 
                            Briefing at Boston State House explores universal FAFSA
 
                            The Price Isn't Right: The Case for Financial Aid Offer Transparency
 
                            FAFSA delays put pressure on overstretched school counselors in Mass.
In the Media
 
                            New York Students, Advocates, and Allies Call for Universal FAFSA Policy
 
                            What We’ve Learned Since the FAFSA Launch
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                            Scholarship Support
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                            Briefing: Universal FAFSA Policy to Promote College Access in Massachusetts
 
                            College Students' Guide to Renewing the New FAFSA
 
                            Universal FAFSA: Expanding Financial Aid Access for New York Students
 
                            uAspire can help you with the FAFSA at Capital One Cafes
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                            Options For Students After High School
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                            5 Tips to Complete the 26-27 FAFSA
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                            10 Things to Know About the New FAFSA
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                            How to Support Students Through the New FAFSA Timeline
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                            Webinar: Reviewing Your Financial Aid Offers
Webinars & Training
 
                            Webinar: Summer Steps for Financial Aid
Webinars & Training
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                            How to Decipher Your Financial Aid Offers
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                            How To Maintain Financial Aid Throughout College
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                            You’re at the Finish Line! Steps to Prepare for Life After College
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                            Don't Let Scholarships Negatively Affect Your Financial Aid
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                            Your College Decision: How to Find the Right Fit
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                            Supporting Students Before the FAFSA Opens
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                            Mass. should add another high school graduation requirement
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                            uAspire Announces New CAO, Valeria Wells
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                            uAspire's Student Advisory Board
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                            New Federal Regulations Require Clearer Financial Aid Offers and Ban Most Transcript Withholding
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                            A New Effort to Make College Aid Offers Easy to Understand
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                            uAspire Advisors Welcome Back Students
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                            Financially Safer Schools Framework
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                            College Tuition Payment Plans Can Stick Students With Exorbitant Fees: Report
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                            FAFSA Is Getting a Makeover, Here's What You Need to Know
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                            Move-In Costs For College Freshmen Have Risen Faster Than Tuition
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                            How To Set A Budget For College (Beyond Tuition)
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                            COE’s Dr. Terry Vaughan III Appointed to uAspire Board
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                            College Access Groups Fear Impact of Outsourcing Guidance
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                            Celebrating uAspire's Last Dollar Scholarship Recipients
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                            uAspire Denounces Supreme Court Rejection of Affirmative Action
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                            Education Advocates Call on Legislators to Invest in Higher Education
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                            Ways to Pay for College
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                            What Should I Do Junior Year To Prepare For College?
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                            Advocates Host MA State House Briefing on Public Higher Ed Finance
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                            Summer Steps to Take Before College
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                            How Much Money Should You Borrow for College? Experts Offer Some Hard Truths
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                            New Guide, Research Both Explore Universal FAFSA Policies
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                            Opportunities & Challenges of Universal FAFSA
Blogs
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                            Requiring seniors to complete the FAFSA
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                            Lawmakers want all Mass. students to apply for federal student aid
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                            Mass. Board of Higher Ed discusses bill to make federal financial aid submissions mandatory
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                            Yes, Colleges Really Can Cut Your Financial Aid if You Win Other Scholarships
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                            Creating an Equitable Universal FAFSA Policy for New York Students
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                            Supporting Universal FAFSA in Massachusetts
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                            Students Deserve Simpler Fin Aid Offers, the Understanding the True Cost of College Act Will Help
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                            Without U.S. News Ranking, How Do You Pick A College?
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                            Higher ed chair backs $335M in new aid investments
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                            Mass Higher Ed Advocates Urge More Investment In Students
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                            Event Recap | The Time is Now: Ending the College Affordability Crisis in Massachusetts
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                            MA Advocates of Higher Ed Set Goals for Fair Share Revenue
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                            Low-Income Students Can Get More Money to Help Pay for College This Year
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                            uAspire’s Guide to Finding and Applying to Scholarships
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                            Five Tips for Completing the CSS Profile
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                            GAO Report on Financial Aid Offers Shows Little Has Changed, Progress is Needed
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                            Board of Higher Ed to recommend doubling financial aid, updating how colleges retain revenue
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                            Advocates call on Legislators and Healey-Driscoll Administration to act on Board of Higher Education
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                            uAspire: Financially Safer Schools
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                            uAspire Advisors Welcome Back Students
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                            Making a College List? Use These Tools to Factor in Affordability
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                            Financial Aid for All Website Launches
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                            You’re not imagining it, furnishing a dorm room really does cost more this year
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                            WinnCompanies Scholarships Top $575K to Community Residents, Staffers’ Children
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                            WinnCompanies Awards Scholarships to 60 Residents of Apartment Communities in 11 States and 10 Child
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                            Celebrating uAspire's Last Dollar Scholarship Recipients
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                            uAspire Student Policy Fellows Spotlight
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                            uAspire Student Alums Spotlight
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                            A Pragmatic Playbook for Impact
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                            League of Women Voters’ Civic Social features Access To Town Meeting Committee progress report
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                            First Ones 2022
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                            Transcript: Jonathan Lavine
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                            College financial aid troubles follow those who received pandemic unemployment benefits
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                            Jobless benefits’ unintended fallout: Reduced college financial aid
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                            3 Ways College Financial Aid Letters Can Confuse Families — and What to Do About It
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                            Where To Find Free Help Filing the FAFSA
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                            Student Debt Impact
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                            First Ones Honorees
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                            Colleges Improve Financial Aid Offer Communication to Promote Student Success
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                            Support uAspire this Giving Tuesday
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                            Thank you from our students
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                            MassBay and uAspire Partner to Increase FAFSA Completion
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                            Bristol Eastern will take part in Connecticut FAFSA challenge
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                            Support the Massachusetts Hunger-Free Campus Initiative
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                            This Community College Degree Can Earn You $113,000. This Stanford One Just $24,000
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                            Lamont: 40 Schools to Participate in FAFSA Challenge
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                            Governor Lamont Announces 40 High Schools Selected To Participate in Connecticut FAFSA Challenge
In the Media
 
                            Bill Draws Bright Lines on Student Transcript Access
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                            Attending College Next Year? It’s Time to File Your FAFSA to Find Out About Financial Assistance
In the Media
 
                            Will a new program increase access to college? Framingham and Milford students say it does.
In the Media
 
                            Report Examines Lack of Financial Aid Among College Students in Massachusetts
In the Media
 
                            Report Examines the Lack of Financial Aid Among College Students in Massachusetts
In the Media
 
                            Financial aid packages still burden students with debt, report finds
In the Media
 
                            Gloucester woman testifying for hunger-free campus initiative
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                            SSU student testifying for hunger-free campus initiative
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                            What’s New on the 2022-2023 FAFSA
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                            uAspire Spearheads Letter Urging Congress to Allow College Students Access to Food Assistance
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                            uAspire Advisors Welcome Back Students
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                            What’s Changing in the New FAFSA and What’s Not
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                            Application for the 2022 Student Advocacy Fellowship Opening Soon
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                            How Much College Debt Should Students and Parents Take On? Here’s How to Figure It Out.
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                            Financial aid is complicated, the value of simplifying it is easy to understand
In the Media
 
                            New CA law encourages students to cash in on free financial aid
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                            Celebrating uAspire's Last Dollar Scholarship Recipients
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                            Groups Ask ‘U.S. News’ to Exclude SAT and ACT Scores
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                            What You Need to Know About Campus Health Insurance
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                            An Open Letter to The Editors of US News and World Report’s Best Colleges Rankings
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                            SFUSD College Ambassador Program Paves Students’ Path to College
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                            Partnering for Impact
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                            There’s Still Time to Reignite College Aspirations for the Class of 2021
In the Media
 
                            Unseen Issue for Higher Education in Massachusetts: Housing Insecurity Intensified
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                            You still have time to ask colleges for more financial aid
In the Media
 
                            Congressional Action Needed for College Students’ Success & Economic Recovery
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                            Forging Solutions for College Affordability in California
Blogs
 
                            How To Compare Financial Aid Offers In The Age Of Covid-19
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                            Your Guide to Decoding Financial Aid Letters and Choosing a College You Can Afford
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                            Redefining Student Support
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                            uAspire's College Cost Calculator
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                            A Guide to Reading Financial Aid Award Letters
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                            California must go all in for financial aid
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                            As admissions season descends, wealthier applicants once again have the advantage
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                            Racial equity at the forefront—inside and outside uAspire
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                            California governor proposes dual-admissions pathway for community college students
In the Media
 
                            Reform financial aid for students so that housing is not an incredible burden
In the Media
 
                            Students Need Pell Grants to Double
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                            OPINION: Nothing can replace relationships between students and advisers, but some tools make a big
In the Media
 
                            Cost of College Includes Hidden Expenses for Textbooks, Course Materials
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                            How Do Student Loans Work? — Interview With Holly Morrow, Senior VP of Knowledge at uAspire
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                            Solutions Students Need to Cover the Real Cost of College
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                            Op-Ed: Students Should Not be Studying on Empty Stomachs
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                            Announcing Jaclyn Piñero as new CEO
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                            Where Parents and Students Can Get Help With the FAFSA
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                            A Time of Optimism for College Affordability
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                            uAspire Joins RaiseUp Massachusetts’ Invest in Our Recovery Campaign
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                            Zeroing in on Student Advising, a Foundation Aims to Pave the Path to College
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                            Some Colleges Eye New Student Fees to Cover Virus Costs
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                            Report: Costs Beyond Tuition Hold Older College Students Back
In the Media
 
                            Do Students Need a Bill of Rights?
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                            New Fee on Some College Bills: It’s for the Virus
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                            NCAN Alumni Spotlight: Elsa Martinez-Pimentel, uAspire Alum
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                            uAspire Last Dollar Scholarship Awarded to Greater Boston Students
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                            The ‘Indirect’ Costs at College Can Involve Nasty Surprises
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                            State Must Fulfill its Promise to Underserved Students
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                            New Effort Aims to Lift City’s Valedictorians
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                            uAspire Pandemic Impact Report
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                            Report: Students Struggle to Find Accurate Estimates for Non-Tuition Costs
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                            Inconsistent Information on Indirect Expenses
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                            Indirect Expenses for Students Often Outweigh Tuition, But Are Hard to Identify, Report Finds
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                            Students Tackle Costs #BeyondTheCollegeBill During Virtual Advocacy Week
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                            Our Work During COVID-19, Part 3
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                            Time for Action
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                            Warriors Community Foundation Supports uAspire During NBA Hiatus
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                            Our Work During COVID-19, Part 2
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                            Student-Centered Solutions Needed During COVID-19
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                            Already, universities Are Planning for a Fall Without Students on Campus — Just in Case
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                            uAspire Virtual Town Hall
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                            Coronavirus Makes the College Try a Challenge for High School Seniors
In the Media
 
                            Our Work During COVID-19, Part 1
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                            SAT Tests Canceled. College Tours on Hold. High School Juniors Struggle With Life Ahead
In the Media
Letter Urging Congress to Address Needs of Students During COVID-19 Outbreak
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                            Want to Help Schools Closed by COVID-19? Don’t Pitch Them Right Now.
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                            Tips for Decoding College Financial-Aid Offers
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                            Spotlight: Betty Francisco, Compass Working Capital
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                            Spotlight: Emanuel Cabrera, EY
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                            Spotlight: Bob Gianninno, uAspire
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                            Spotlight: Greg Shell, Bain Capital
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                            Spotlight: Cynthia Rivera Weissblum, Edwin Gould Foundation
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                            How Buying A Mattress Is Like Choosing A College
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                            Spotlight: Simone Hill, Omidyar Network
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                            Community Foundation Increases Student Financial Aid Support Through New Partnership
In the Media
 
                            A Glimpse Into “Virtual” Advising
In the Media
 
                            Paying for College: What Experts Say Parents Should do to Prepare
In the Media
 
                            Can ‘Pay for Success’ Boost Post-secondary Outcomes?
In the Media
 
                            Flipping the Classroom to Teach Disability Inclusion Practices
In the Media
 
                            Taking a Gap Year? Fill Out the Financial-Aid Forms Anyway
In the Media
 
                            In Mass., with College Closure Threat Growing, State Seeking New Powers
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                            Massachusetts Considers Enhanced Monitoring of Colleges and Universities as Closure Threat Grows
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                            College Affordability Advocates: What Comes After the Admissions Cheating Scandal?
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                            OPINION: Three Ways to Help More Low-Income Students Get Through College
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                            New Bipartisan Bill Aims to Help Students Understand the True Cost of College
Three Questions for Giuseppe Basili
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                            uAspire Students Advocate for Reforms on Capitol Hill
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                            Even With ‘Free Tuition,’ Equity Can Be Elusive
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                            Legislation Looks Into College Financial Aid Letters
In the Media
 
                            Cassidy Announces 166 Higher Education Endorsements of College Transparency Act
In the Media
 
                            How To Calculate The Cost Of College: A Guide To Financial Aid Terms
In the Media
 
                            Confused By Your College Financial Aid Letter? You're Not Alone
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                            City Visions: College Success Without the Scandal
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                            Working within the System: A Conversation about Challenges and Opportunities
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                            Feds Recommend Colleges Clarify Financial Aid Offers
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                            Ed Dept Gives Guidance on Transparent Financial Aid Offers
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                            Access Begins with Affordability
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                            How Much Is Higher Education Really Going To Cost?
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                            Before Deciding on a College, Look Closely at the Financial Aid Letter
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                            Letter To Congress On Financial Aid Offer Letters
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                            Redesigning the Financial Aid Offer Letter at the University of Pennsylvania
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                            Here's What To Do Before Saying 'Yes' To College Financial Aid (Opinion)
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                            The Value Of Financial Literacy And Self-Advocacy
In the Media
 
                            Check That Financial Aid Letter Before Making Decision On College
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                            How to Decipher Those College Financial Aid Offers
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                            Cal State Application Fees Expected To Rise To $70 Per Campus Amid Access Concerns
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                            uAspire Hosts Inaugural New York First One Awards Event
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                            uAspire Raises $326,000 To Fund New York City College Affordability Assistance Program
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                            uAspire/GBREB Foundation Scholarship Leadership Breakfast Raises Record $572,000
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                            uAspire Raises $572K at Annual Leadership Breakfast, a Record
In the Media
 
                            Financial Wellness How-Tos: Preparing Families for the Real Cost of College
In the Media
 
                            College Admissions Scandal Reveals Vast Inequalities in Higher Education
In the Media
 
                            uAspire Last Dollar Scholarships Awarded to 16 Greater Boston Students
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                            Some Colleges Target Jargon in the Name of Student Success
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                            Financial Aid Offerpalooza
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                            Priced Out of a Dream: Staunton Woman Struggles to Find Her Way Back to College
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                            Here’s A No-Brainer: Students Should Know What Their College Costs Will Be
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                            Jeannie and Jonathan Lavine Donate $7.5 Million to uAspire and Launch Matching Gift Challenge
Blogs
 
                            When It Comes to Borrowing for College, It Pays to Do Homework
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                            Why Finding Out How Much a College Costs is Harder Than it Looks
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                            Colleges Provide Misleading Information About Their Costs
In the Media
 
                            Improvements to FAFSA Eagerly Anticipated
In the Media
 
                            Two-Thirds of College Students Take On Debt, but Amount Is Rising More Slowly
In the Media
 
                            Lawmakers and uAspire Gather at MA State House to Address College Affordability
Blogs
 
                            uAspire’s Top 5 FAFSA Tips for Students
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                            uAspire Supports Students and Their Counselors on NY DREAM Act Application
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                            It’s Right There In the Name: The College Affordability Act
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                            The Case for Price Transparency
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                            Everything to Know About Saving Money for College, According to Experts
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                            uAspire Launches Student Advocacy Fellowship
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                            FAFSA Advising "IRL": Our Work in Action
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                            uAspire Applauds 2019 Congressional Efforts on Financial Aid Offers
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                            uAspire Celebrates Passing of FUTURE Act
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                            Confusion Still Reigns Over Student Aid. Here’s Why.
In the Media
 
                            OPINION: Six Lessons from Louisiana about Helping Students Obtain Federal Aid for College
In the Media
 
                            uAspire Testifies Before U.S. Senate Education Committee on College Affordability
Blogs
 
                            Why is it So Difficult to Figure Out How Much You’re Going to Pay for College?
In the Media
 
                            Mass. Students Borrowing More to Attend Public Universities
In the Media
 
                            Ep 22: College Affordability with Bob Giannino and Allie Negron of uAspire
In the Media
 
                            How to Find a College You’ll Love
In the Media
 
                            You Got Into College. Congratulations! Here's the Bill
In the Media
 
                            On College Success: A conversation with Bob Giannino, uAspire
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                            The Early Bird Still Gets the Worm: Early FAFSA and PPY in Year Two
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                            How Schools and Startups Are Hacking College Affordability
In the Media
 
                            Financial Aid Letters Often Hide the Real Cost of College
In the Media
 
                            uAspire and New America Release “Decoding the Cost of College”
Blogs
 
                            College Financial Aid Woefully Inadequate To Cover Costs Claims New Study
In the Media
 
                            Study: College Financial Aid Award Letters Lack Clarity, Transparency
In the Media
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                            The Confusing Information Colleges Provide Students About Financial Aid
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                            Financial Aid Letters Are Really, Really Confusing
In the Media
 
                            36% of Colleges Are Hiding the Cost to Students
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                            Why Are College Costs Less Clear Than Car Prices?
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                            Financial Games Colleges Play
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                            Podcast: A Deep Dive Into New Research on Financial Aid Award Letters
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                            Why Your College Financial Aid Letter May Be Misleading
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                            Why 20-Somethings Make Terrific College Counselors for Low-Income Students
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                            Ethical College Admissions: Financial Aid Transparency
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                            Momentum Grows to Increase Transparency and Consistency of Award Letters—NASFAA Signs On
Blogs
 
                            Why So Many Poor Kids Who Get Into College Don’t End Up Enrolling
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                            College-Bound? The Fees Could End Up Being a Big Surprise
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                            Meet Bay Area Board Member Casey Johnson
Blogs
 
                            Tips for How to Pay Back Student Loans
In the Media
 
                            Colleges Need to Clarify Just How Much Tuition Really Costs
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                            Editorial: Colleges Need to Clarify Real Tuition Costs
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                            Editorial: Colleges Should Clarify True Cost of Tuition
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                            The Trouble With College Finances
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                            Meet National Board Member Nadine Duplessy Kearns
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                            TIAA Unveils the TIAA Difference Maker 100
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                            4 Ways Parents (and Their Students) Can Avoid the College Debt Trap
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                            Meet Bay Area Board Member Amit Patel
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                            Repayment Options for Student Loans Explained
In the Media
 
                            College Possible Receives Inaugural Evergreen National Education Prize
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                            TIAA Recognizes uAspire SF Bay Area Advisor for Work Helping Black Students Pay for College
Blogs
 
                            New Data Show Some Colleges are Definitively Unaffordable for Many
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                            Early Admission’s Effect on Financial Aid
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                            Some Colleges are Totally Unaffordable, and This Tool Proves It
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                            Parent’s Guide to the FAFSA and Federal Student Aid
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                            136 Names for a Student Loan
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                            uAspire Launches College Affordability Advising in NYC
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                            uAspire Announces Partnership with CollegeBound Initiative to Launch College Affordability Advising
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                            Statement of Bob Giannino, uAspire CEO, on the Trump Administration Decision to End DACA Program
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                            How Parents Can Help Their Children Avoid Getting Into Too Much College Debt
In the Media
 
                            Update on uAspire Partnership with MA Attorney General
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                            uAspire Event in San Francisco’s Bayview Helps African American Student’s Prepare for College
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                            The Long Story of the Movement Toward College Cost Clarity
In the Media
 
                            uAspire Announces Jaclyn Piñero as New Bay Area Executive Director
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                            uAspire Hosts 4th Annual College Affordability Lab
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                            How Trump’s DACA Decision Affects Colleges and Students
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                            How a Text Message Might Boost College Enrollment
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                            uAspire's Exec Director Offers a Quick Lesson on Impact of Higher Ed Costs
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                            5 Numbers to Check to Compare Financial Aid Awards
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