How are high schools supporting students through FAFSA delays?

Listen to the article 9 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. As the stress of this year’s college application process seems never-ending, high schools have ramped up communications to high school seniors and their parents, offered extra supports to navigate the college admission process, and tried to defuse … Read more

FAFSA submissions from high school seniors are down 38%

Listen to the article 3 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief:  Roughly 1.1 million high school seniors submitted a Free Application for Federal Student Aid through late February, down 38% compared to the same time last year, according to a recent analysis from the National College … Read more

New Wisconsin law will guarantee admission into UW System for top high school students

Listen to the article 4 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers signed legislation Tuesday that directs the state’s public university network to create a guaranteed admissions system. State high school students who rank within the top 10% of their class would be … Read more

High school senior FAFSA submissions drop almost 57% year over year, NCAN finds

Dive Brief:  Roughly 676,000 high school seniors submitted a Free Application for Federal Student Aid through late January, fewer than half the number who had sent in the form by the same time last year, according to an analysis from the National College Attainment Network.  The decline comes during — and presumably because of — … Read more