NASFAA Mention: Report: Financial Aid Officers Can Use Professional Judgement as a Tool for Racial Equity

"Here’s a hypothetical scenario: A low-income student qualifies for the Pell Grant but for not the maximum amount. Her parents contribute some money toward her tuition, recorded as Estimated Family Contribution on the student’s federal financial aid application form," Diverse: Issues in Higher Education reports.

..."There’s now been a marked increase in professional judgement requests, according to a September 2020 survey by the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators (NASFAA). And those are only the students who even know this is a path available to them, pointed out Jaime Ramirez-Mendoza, a higher education policy analyst at The Education Trust."

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Publication Date: 12/4/2020

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