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Taylor, Zachary W.; Manor, Laura – Journal of Student Financial Aid, 2021
Decades of research has suggested that completing the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) can be a complex, difficult process for postsecondary students and their support networks. However, no extant research has informed federal student aid practitioners and researchers as to what federal student aid jargon terms institutions of…
Descriptors: Student Financial Aid, College Applicants, Federal Aid, Jargon
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Serna, Karen L.; Taylor, Zachary W. – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2019
Austin Community College's (ACC) Student Money Management Office conducted a text messaging scavenger hunt to engage ACC students in financial-aid-related education and programming, including when to complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid and how to ensure Satisfactory Academic Progress. Results demonstrated that 268 students began…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Two Year College Students, Telecommunications, Handheld Devices
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Taylor, Zachary W. – Journal of Student Financial Aid, 2019
In 2009, President Obama called for a simplification of the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA), resulting in the average family completing the FAFSA in 20 minutes. Yet, during the 2013-2014 college application season, nearly 900,000 Pell Grant-eligible high school graduates did not complete the FAFSA, leaving $2.9 billion in Pell…
Descriptors: College Applicants, College Bound Students, Financial Aid Applicants, Student Financial Aid