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For nearly 30 years, incarcerated individuals have had their access to postsecondary education and individual reform negatively impacted due to a federal ban that restricted their Pell Grant eligibility. But in just a matter of months, this eligibility will be restored for thousands of incarcerated students — and it is incumbent on all of those in higher education to take steps now to ensure there are solutions in place to address challenges students face in navigating the financial aid application process. To that end, NASFAA convened a working group of practicing financial aid administrators and individuals knowledgeable of the federal Second Chance Pell experimental site initiative to examine the challenges, both existing and future, that incarcerated students may face throughout the FAFSA completion process. The result of the group’s work was published today in a report that identifies promising practices learned through Second Chance Pell, and includes recommendations for the U.S. Department of Education, Congress, and considerations for colleges and universities that currently — or will in the future — operate Prison Education Programs.

The NASFAA Leadership & Legislative Conference & Expo is just around the corner. With the conference offering five different pathways, today we’re highlighting the Succession Planning Pathway, with the pathway’s chair Amy Cable, chief student affairs officer at Louisiana Community and Technical College System. 

Last month, NASFAA hosted three financial aid administrators for its annual Graduate/Professional community Advocacy Pipeline. The three NASFAA members — Portia Gilmore from Northwestern University (Chicago Campus), Mesha Garner from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, and Joan Bailey from the University of South Florida — engaged in virtual meetings with staffers on Capitol Hill and focused on the financial aid policy issues specifically related to their graduate/professional students.

The school may use any reasonable method that reflects the statute. There is no one-size-fits-all formula for this, so the school has to develop its own methodology for calculating on-campus housing costs with the following requirements and considerations in mind. View the full answer to this question to learn more.

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