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Department of Education: Gaps in Federal Student Aid Contract Oversight and System Testing Need Immediate Attention. Report to Congressional Requesters. GAO-25-107396
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Marisol Cruz Cain – US Government Accountability Office, 2025
The Department of Education's Office of Federal Student Aid (FSA) manages the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA), which students and parents submit to determine a student's eligibility for receiving financial aid. The FAFSA Processing System (FPS)--the system that underpins federal student aid--processes these applications. In…
Descriptors: Student Financial Aid, Financial Aid Applicants, Federal Government, Federal Programs
Department of Education: Preliminary Results Show Strong Leadership Needed to Address Serious Student Aid System Weaknesses. Testimony before the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Development, Committee on Education and the Workforce, House of Representatives. GAO-24-107783
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Marisol Cruz Cain; Kaelin Kuhn, Contributor; Nicole Jarvis, Contributor; David Matcham, Contributor; Jillian Clouse, Contributor; Rebecca Eyler, Contributor; Ashley Mattson, Contributor; Brandon Mitchell, Contributor; Walter Vance, Contributor – US Government Accountability Office, 2024
For decades, the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) forms were processed electronically by the legacy Central Processing System. In 2021 the Office of Federal Student Aid (FSA) initiated a system development effort and in December 2023 deployed a new system to process forms for the 2024-2025 school year. However, student aid…
Descriptors: Student Financial Aid, Federal Programs, Audits (Verification), Information Systems
FAFSA: Education Needs to Improve Communications and Support around the Free Application for Federal Student Aid. Testimony before the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Development, Committee on Education and the Workforce, House of Representatives. GAO-24-107407
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Melissa Emrey-Arras – US Government Accountability Office, 2024
The Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) is the entry ramp to federal grants and loans that many students depend on to afford college. Congress passed the FAFSA Simplification Act in 2020 in part to make it easier to apply for federal aid. However, Education's rollout of the new FAFSA has suffered from numerous challenges and delays.…
Descriptors: Student Financial Aid, Federal Programs, Audits (Verification), Information Systems
A World of Magic: Conference Papers from the Selected Sessions of the AACRAO Annual Meeting (79th, Orlando, FL, April 18-23, 1993).
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Russell, Michele, Ed. – 1993
Papers on aspects of college admission, records, and institutional research functions are: "How To Improve Office Morale" (Victor Swenson); "Staff Meetings: How To Save Hours per Month and Develop Your Staff" (LuAnn Harris, Shelley Olsen); "Selling SPEED/ExPRESS" (Laura Patterson, Thomas Scott); "Advisement and…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, Academic Persistence, Administrative Policy, Administrator Attitudes