By David Johnson, Student Connections Whenever I’m working with faculty and administrators on student success plans, as soon as I bring up financial literacy, everyone turns to the financial aid office for ownership, development and delivery. There are many reasons why. Often, we assume that financial...
By David Johnson, Student Connections Students want to get a college degree but they are not confident they’ll be able to afford getting all the way through. The Ruffalo Noel Levitz 2016 Motivation to Complete College Report found that more than 50 percent of first-year students...
The Eastern Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators recently honored our CAPFAA President, Alex Muro, with the 2017 Outstanding State Representative award. This honor is given to a member of the EASFAA Council in recognition of outstanding service to EASFAA by a state representative. ...
Barbara Surowiec, Financial Aid Director at Housatonic Community College, has announced her retirement effective June 1, 2017. A financial aid veteran of 17 years, Barbara has been at HCC for over 11 years and was previously employed at Fairfield University. She will be missed! ...
by Stacey Musulin, CT State Colleges and Universities Announcements from Federal Student Aid on the subject of enrollment reporting came out in April. Please share these will your colleagues in the Registrar’s Offices: Summer Term Enrollment Reporting – Applicable to Standard-Term institutions with optional summer terms: Do not report students as...
by Stacey Musulin, Assistant Director, CT State Colleges & Universities On April 17, 2017 Federal Student Aid (FSA) published a draft 2018-2019 Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA.) Changes include allowing applicants who report filing an amended 2016 return to use the Internal Revenue Service...
Save the date for the 2017 EASFAA Conference! Sunday, May 7 to Wednesday, May 10, 2017 Burlington, VT Registration is coming soon. Visit the conference website at: https://www.easfaa.org/docs/conference/2017/index.html. Did you know? Vermont is the largest producer of maple syrup in the U.S., producing over 500,000 gallons a year. If...
NASFAA Annual State and Regional Training – Satisfactory Academic Progress This is an in-person training with no additional cost over and above EASFAA membership, and the presenter is our very own Steve McDowell! Friday, January 27, 2017 10am to 1pm Norwalk Community College – East Campus,...
CAPFAA's 2016 Winter Conference was held at the Ethan Allen Hotel in Danbury, CT December 11th-13th. CAPFAA President Ashley Dutton and the Executive Council expressed appreciation to the entire Winter Conference Committee for their efforts in planning and executing this important event for CAPFAA members. 100% of...
by Stacey Musulin, CT State Colleges and Universities At the 2016 Federal Student Aid (FSA) conference in Atlanta, GA held November 29th - December 2nd, representatives from the Department of Education communicated some changes. Note that in some cases, implementation is contingent on the priorities...