Tag: financial-aid

Written by Jon Boeckenstedt

The Impending Return of the FAF

Spoiler alert: Neither “F” stands for free. I have written before about the strange way in which Jeremy Singer was tapped to lead the fix of the FAFSA last year. Everything about it, from the late Friday announcement, to the strange choice of a College Board executive (given College Board’s legendary abuses of student privacy […]

Written by Jon Boeckenstedt

Our FAFSA challenges are cultural, not mechanical

Two quick stories might help you understand how the FAFSA delays and how you deal with them are not just mechanical or operational: They’re cultural. Many years ago, back when we used to get our reimbursements as physical checks instead of direct deposits, I grabbed mine and walked to the Student Accounts Office on campus […]