/tags/financial-aid financial aid en-US Copyright Thu, 11 Apr 2024 17:09:57 GMT /2024-04-11/changes-to-fafsa-changes Compared to 2023, far fewer Ohio graduating seniors had filled out the FAFSA as of end of March. Thu, 11 Apr 2024 17:09:57 GMT /2024-04-11/changes-to-fafsa-changes Jerry Kenney /news-partners/2020-12-20/congress-poised-to-simplify-fafsa-and-help-people-in-prison-go-to-college In a bipartisan effort, Congress is close to a deal to simplify the federal financial aid form, or FAFSA, a major policy goal of retiring Republican senator Lamar Alexander. Mon, 21 Dec 2020 02:07:58 GMT /news-partners/2020-12-20/congress-poised-to-simplify-fafsa-and-help-people-in-prison-go-to-college Cory Turner, Elissa Nadworny /2020-07-10/education-department-announces-it-wont-punish-colleges-for-reconsidering-student-aid In June, NPR reported that the department was making it harder for colleges to reconsider aid for students whose finances have changed. On Thursday, the agency reversed course. Fri, 10 Jul 2020 19:15:38 GMT /2020-07-10/education-department-announces-it-wont-punish-colleges-for-reconsidering-student-aid Cory Turner /2020-06-19/education-dept-is-making-it-harder-for-colleges-to-boost-student-aid-during-crisis A recent change has led to some colleges hesitating to help students affected by the economic downturn. Fri, 19 Jun 2020 09:00:00 GMT /2020-06-19/education-dept-is-making-it-harder-for-colleges-to-boost-student-aid-during-crisis Cory Turner, Elissa Nadworny /news-partners/npr-news/2019-04-10/confused-by-your-college-financial-aid-letter-youre-not-alone Financial aid offer letters look vastly different from one school to the next, and it isn't always clear how much students will have to pay. "It's really the Wild West," one expert says. Wed, 10 Apr 2019 17:00:00 GMT /news-partners/npr-news/2019-04-10/confused-by-your-college-financial-aid-letter-youre-not-alone Elissa Nadworny /news-partners/2018-04-18/100-top-colleges-vow-to-enroll-more-low-income-students As more schools band together to commit to recruiting and graduating 50,000 more low-income students, four college presidents discuss what it will take to get there. Wed, 18 Apr 2018 18:34:00 GMT /news-partners/2018-04-18/100-top-colleges-vow-to-enroll-more-low-income-students Elissa Nadworny /news/2017-09-27/ohio-state-to-become-first-ohio-school-to-pay-full-tuition-for-pell-grant-recipients Ohio State University officials are hopeful that a new initiative will allow more students from low- and middle-income families to take classes on the… Wed, 27 Sep 2017 12:11:18 GMT /news/2017-09-27/ohio-state-to-become-first-ohio-school-to-pay-full-tuition-for-pell-grant-recipients Steve Brown /news-partners/2017-08-17/high-achieving-low-income-students-where-elite-colleges-are-falling-short Top students from low-income families make up just 3 percent of enrollment on elite campuses, and a new report says there are lots of things higher ed can do to fix that. Thu, 17 Aug 2017 14:24:00 GMT /news-partners/2017-08-17/high-achieving-low-income-students-where-elite-colleges-are-falling-short Elissa Nadworny /news/2017-06-20/ohio-state-receives-210-000-for-student-emergency-grants The Ohio State University is among four public four-year universities and a handful of private universities in the state that will receive money with the… Tue, 20 Jun 2017 12:41:49 GMT /news/2017-06-20/ohio-state-receives-210-000-for-student-emergency-grants Gabe Rosenberg /news/2017-03-22/not-considering-college-ohio-state-gathers-high-schoolers-to-convince-otherwise As spring sets in, so does anxiety for many high school seniors touring colleges across the United States - especially those who might not see college as… Wed, 22 Mar 2017 21:06:16 GMT /news/2017-03-22/not-considering-college-ohio-state-gathers-high-schoolers-to-convince-otherwise