Mar 8, 2018 | Florida FAFSA Challenge, News
The Florida FAFSA Challenge is a friendly statewide competition to improve FAFSA completion by 5% over the previous year. This year, almost 300 schools in 37 counties have registered for the challenge. Every school that meets the 5% challenge will receive a...
Mar 1, 2018 | Florida FAFSA Challenge, LCAN, News
Increasing education access for all Floridians requires a community-wide approach. This is why building and sustaining local college access networks (LCANs) is central to the work FCAN does. For school districts looking to boost their FAFSA completion rates, LCANs can...
Feb 19, 2018 | Florida FAFSA Challenge, LCAN, News
For families across the state of Florida, the belief persists that even though higher education is critical to success in life after high school, it is simply unaffordable. A study from the University of Florida revealed that, even though 88% of parents want their...
Feb 12, 2018 | Florida FAFSA Challenge, News
As college access professionals, we often make the mistake of trying to reach students and parents with language that is confusing. Terms like “degree attainment,” “postsecondary plan,” and “FAFSA completion rate” may roll off the...
Jan 31, 2018 | Florida FAFSA Challenge, Research and Policy
By Amy Bolick, statewide programs coordinator, and Kimberly Lent, senior research associate Completing the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) is the first step many students take to access federal, state, and institutional sources of financial aid....