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uAspire Appoints New CFO, Casandra I. Scales
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In first year, tuition-free community college program yields data
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Pennsylvania launches new free resource to help students, families fill out FAFSA form
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2025-26 FAFSA: What We've Learned and Our Recommendations
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Master Narrative of College Access Belies Reality for Today’s Students
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College Uncovered: Buyer Beware
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Briefing at Boston State House explores universal FAFSA
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FAFSA delays put pressure on overstretched school counselors in Mass.
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New York Students, Advocates, and Allies Call for Universal FAFSA Policy
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Scholarship Support
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What can I do after high school?
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10 Things to Know About the New FAFSA
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Financial Aid Offer Review
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Summer Steps for Financial Aid
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Selected for Verification? Tips to Help You Complete the Process
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How to Decipher Your Financial Aid Offers
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How to keep your financial aid throughout college
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You’re at the Finish Line! Steps to Prepare for Life After College
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Don't Let Scholarships Negatively Affect Your Financial Aid
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Making a College List? Use These Tools to Factor in Affordability
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Your College Decision: How to Find the Right Fit
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Spring 2025 Policy Fellowship Application
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Supporting Students Before the FAFSA Opens
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Mass. should add another high school graduation requirement
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uAspire Announces New CAO, Valeria Wells
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uAspire's Student Advisory Board
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New Federal Regulations Require Clearer Financial Aid Offers and Ban Most Transcript Withholding
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Understanding the Better FAFSA’s Student Aid Index
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A New Effort to Make College Aid Offers Easy to Understand
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uAspire Advisors Welcome Back Students
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Financially Safer Schools Framework
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College Tuition Payment Plans Can Stick Students With Exorbitant Fees: Report
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FAFSA Is Getting a Makeover, Here's What You Need to Know
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Move-In Costs For College Freshmen Have Risen Faster Than Tuition
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Who pays for food, tech and gas during college? How to set a budget beyond tuition.
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COE’s Dr. Terry Vaughan III Appointed to uAspire Board
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College Access Groups Fear Impact of Outsourcing Guidance
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Celebrating uAspire's Last Dollar Scholarship Recipients
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uAspire Denounces Supreme Court Rejection of Affirmative Action
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Education Advocates Call on Legislators to Invest in Higher Education
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Ways to Pay for College
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What should I do junior year to prepare for college?
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Advocates Host MA State House Briefing on Public Higher Ed Finance
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Summer Steps to Take Before College
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How Much Money Should You Borrow for College? Experts Offer Some Hard Truths
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New Guide, Research Both Explore Universal FAFSA Policies
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Opportunities & Challenges of Universal FAFSA
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Requiring seniors to complete the FAFSA
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Lawmakers want all Mass. students to apply for federal student aid
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Mass. Board of Higher Ed discusses bill to make federal financial aid submissions mandatory
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Yes, Colleges Really Can Cut Your Financial Aid if You Win Other Scholarships
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Creating an Equitable Universal FAFSA Policy for New York Students
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Supporting Universal FAFSA in Massachusetts
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Students Deserve Simpler Fin Aid Offers, the Understanding the True Cost of College Act Will Help
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As colleges quit US News rankings, how do you pick a school?
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Higher ed chair backs $335M in new aid investments
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Mass Higher Ed Advocates Urge More Investment In Students
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Event Recap | The Time is Now: Ending the College Affordability Crisis in Massachusetts
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MA Advocates of Higher Ed Set Goals for Fair Share Revenue
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Low-Income Students Can Get More Money to Help Pay for College This Year
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uAspire’s Guide to Finding and Applying to Scholarships
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Five Tips for Completing the CSS Profile
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GAO Report on Financial Aid Offers Shows Little Has Changed, Progress is Needed
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Board of Higher Ed to recommend doubling financial aid, updating how colleges retain revenue
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Advocates call on Legislators and Healey-Driscoll Administration to act on Board of Higher Education
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uAspire: Financially Safer Schools
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uAspire Advisors Welcome Back Students
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Financial Aid for All Website Launches
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You’re not imagining it, furnishing a dorm room really does cost more this year
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WinnCompanies Scholarships Top $575K to Community Residents, Staffers’ Children
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WinnCompanies Awards Scholarships to 60 Residents of Apartment Communities in 11 States and 10 Child
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Celebrating uAspire's Last Dollar Scholarship Recipients
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uAspire Student Policy Fellows Spotlight
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uAspire Student Alums Spotlight
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A Pragmatic Playbook for Impact
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League of Women Voters’ Civic Social features Access To Town Meeting Committee progress report
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First Ones 2022
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Transcript: Jonathan Lavine
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College financial aid troubles follow those who received pandemic unemployment benefits
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Jobless benefits’ unintended fallout: Reduced college financial aid
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3 Ways College Financial Aid Letters Can Confuse Families — and What to Do About It
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Kids and Money: Where to get free help filing the FAFSA
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Student Debt Impact
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First Ones Honorees
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Colleges Improve Financial Aid Offer Communication to Promote Student Success
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Support uAspire this Giving Tuesday
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Thank you from our students
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MassBay and uAspire Partner to Increase FAFSA Completion
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Bristol Eastern will take part in Connecticut FAFSA challenge
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Support the Massachusetts Hunger-Free Campus Initiative
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This Community College Degree Can Earn You $113,000. This Stanford One Just $24,000
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Lamont: 40 Schools to Participate in FAFSA Challenge
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Governor Lamont Announces 40 High Schools Selected To Participate in Connecticut FAFSA Challenge
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Bill Draws Bright Lines on Student Transcript Access
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Attending College Next Year? It’s Time to File Your FAFSA to Find Out About Financial Assistance
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Will a new program increase access to college? Framingham and Milford students say it does.
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Report Examines Lack of Financial Aid Among College Students in Massachusetts
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Report Examines the Lack of Financial Aid Among College Students in Massachusetts
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Financial aid packages still burden students with debt, report finds
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Gloucester woman testifying for hunger-free campus initiative
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What’s New on the 2022-2023 FAFSA
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uAspire Spearheads Letter Urging Congress to Allow College Students Access to Food Assistance
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uAspire Advisors Welcome Back Students
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What’s Changing in the New FAFSA and What’s Not
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Application for the 2022 Student Advocacy Fellowship Opening Soon
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How Much College Debt Should Students and Parents Take On? Here’s How to Figure It Out.
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Financial aid is complicated, the value of simplifying it is easy to understand
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New CA law encourages students to cash in on free financial aid
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Celebrating uAspire's Last Dollar Scholarship Recipients
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Groups Ask ‘U.S. News’ to Exclude SAT and ACT Scores
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What You Need to Know About Campus Health Insurance
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An Open Letter to The Editors of US News and World Report’s Best Colleges Rankings
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SFUSD College Ambassador Program Paves Students’ Path to College
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Partnering for Impact
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There’s Still Time to Reignite College Aspirations for the Class of 2021
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Unseen Issue for Higher Education in Massachusetts: Housing Insecurity Intensified
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You still have time to ask colleges for more financial aid
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Congressional Action Needed for College Students’ Success & Economic Recovery
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Forging Solutions for College Affordability in California
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How To Compare Financial Aid Offers In The Age Of Covid-19
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Redefining Student Support
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uAspire's College Cost Calculator
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A Quick Guide to Financial Aid Award Letters
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California must go all in for financial aid
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As admissions season descends, wealthier applicants once again have the advantage
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Racial equity at the forefront—inside and outside uAspire
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California governor proposes dual-admissions pathway for community college students
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Reform financial aid for students so that housing is not an incredible burden
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Students Need Pell Grants to Double
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OPINION: Nothing can replace relationships between students and advisers, but some tools make a big
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Cost of College Includes Hidden Expenses for Textbooks, Course Materials
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How Do Student Loans Work? — Interview With Holly Morrow, Sr. VP, Knowledge, uAspire
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Solutions Students Need to Cover the Real Cost of College
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Op-Ed: Students Should Not be Studying on Empty Stomachs
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Announcing Jaclyn Piñero as new CEO
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Where Parents and Students Can Get Help With the Fafsa
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A Time of Optimism for College Affordability
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uAspire Joins RaiseUp Massachusetts’ Invest in Our Recovery Campaign
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Zeroing in on Student Advising, a Foundation Aims to Pave the Path to College
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Some Colleges Eye New Student Fees to Cover Virus Costs
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Report: Costs Beyond Tuition Hold Older College Students Back
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Do Students Need a Bill of Rights?
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New Fee on Some College Bills: It’s for the Virus
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NCAN Alumni Spotlight: Elsa Martinez-Pimentel, uAspire Alum
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uAspire Last Dollar Scholarship Awarded to Greater Boston Students
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The ‘Indirect’ Costs at College Can Involve Nasty Surprises
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State Must Fulfill its Promise to Underserved Students
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New Effort Aims to Lift City’s Valedictorians
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uAspire Pandemic Impact Report
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Report: Students Struggle to Find Accurate Estimates for Non-Tuition Costs
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Inconsistent Information on Indirect Expenses
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Indirect Expenses for Students Often Outweigh Tuition, But Are Hard to Identify, Report Finds
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Students Tackle Costs #BeyondTheCollegeBill During Virtual Advocacy Week
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Time for Action
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Warriors Community Foundation Supports uAspire During NBA Hiatus
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Our Work During COVID-19, Part 2
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Student-Centered Solutions Needed During COVID-19
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Already, universities Are Planning for a Fall Without Students on Campus — Just in Case
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uAspire Virtual Town Hall
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Coronavirus Makes the College Try a Challenge for High School Seniors
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Our Work During COVID-19, Part 1
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SAT Tests Canceled. College Tours on Hold. High School Juniors Struggle With Life Ahead
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Letter Urging Congress to Address Needs of Students During COVID-19 Outbreak
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Want to Help Schools Closed by COVID-19? Don’t Pitch Them Right Now.
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Tips for Decoding College Financial-Aid Offers
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Spotlight: Betty Francisco, Compass Working Capital
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Spotlight: Emanuel Cabrera, EY
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Spotlight: Bob Gianninno, uAspire
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Spotlight: Greg Shell, Bain Capital
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Spotlight: Cynthia Rivera Weissblum, Edwin Gould Foundation
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How Buying A Mattress Is Like Choosing A College
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Spotlight: Simone Hill, Omidyar Network
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Community Foundation Increases Student Financial Aid Support Through New Partnership
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A Glimpse Into “Virtual” Advising
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Paying for College: What Experts Say Parents Should do to Prepare
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Can ‘Pay for Success’ Boost Post-secondary Outcomes?
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Flipping the Classroom to Teach Disability Inclusion Practices
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Taking a Gap Year? Fill Out the Financial-Aid Forms Anyway
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In Mass., with College Closure Threat Growing, State Seeking New Powers
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Massachusetts Considers Enhanced Monitoring of Colleges and Universities as Closure Threat Grows
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College Affordability Advocates: What Comes After the Admissions Cheating Scandal?
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OPINION: Three Ways to Help More Low-Income Students Get Through College
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New Bipartisan Bill Aims to Help Students Understand the True Cost of College
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uAspire Students Advocate for Reforms on Capitol Hill
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Even With ‘Free Tuition,’ Equity Can Be Elusive
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Legislation Looks Into College Financial Aid Letters
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Cassidy Announces 166 Higher Education Endorsements of College Transparency Act
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How To Calculate The Cost Of College: A Guide To Financial Aid Terms
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Confused By Your College Financial Aid Letter? You're Not Alone
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City Visions: College Success Without the Scandal
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Working within the System: A Conversation about Challenges and Opportunities
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Feds Recommend Colleges Clarify Financial Aid Offers
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Ed Dept Gives Guidance on Transparent Financial Aid Offers
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Access Begins with Affordability
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How Much Is Higher Education Really Going To Cost?
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Before Deciding on a College, Look Closely at the Financial Aid Letter
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Letter To Congress On Financial Aid Offer Letters
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Redesigning the Financial Aid Offer Letter at the University of Pennsylvania
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The Value Of Financial Literacy And Self-Advocacy
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Check That Financial Aid Letter Before Making Decision On College
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How to Decipher Those College Financial Aid Offers
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Cal State Application Fees Expected To Rise To $70 Per Campus Amid Access Concerns
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uAspire Hosts Inaugural New York First One Awards Event
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uAspire Raises $326,000 To Fund New York City College Affordability Assistance Program
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uAspire/GBREB Foundation Scholarship Leadership Breakfast Raises Record $572,000
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uAspire Raises $572K at Annual Leadership Breakfast, a Record
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Financial Wellness How-Tos: Preparing Families for the Real Cost of College
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College Admissions Scandal Reveals Vast Inequalities in Higher Education
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uAspire Last Dollar Scholarships Awarded to 16 Greater Boston Students
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Some Colleges Target Jargon in the Name of Student Success
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Financial Aid Offerpalooza
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Priced Out of a Dream: Staunton Woman Struggles to Find Her Way Back to College
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Here’s A No-Brainer: Students Should Know What Their College Costs Will Be
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Jeannie and Jonathan Lavine Donate $7.5 Million to uAspire and Launch Matching Gift Challenge
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When It Comes to Borrowing for College, It Pays to Do Homework
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Why Finding Out How Much a College Costs is Harder Than it Looks
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Colleges Provide Misleading Information About Their Costs
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Improvements to FAFSA Eagerly Anticipated
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Two-Thirds of College Students Take On Debt, but Amount Is Rising More Slowly
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Lawmakers and uAspire Gather at MA State House to Address College Affordability
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uAspire’s Top 5 FAFSA Tips for Students
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uAspire Supports Students and Their Counselors on NY DREAM Act Application
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It’s Right There In the Name: The College Affordability Act
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The Case for Price Transparency
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Everything to Know About Saving Money for College, According to Experts
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uAspire Launches Student Advocacy Fellowship
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OPINION: Let’s Make the FAFSA Required for a High-School Diploma
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FAFSA Advising "IRL": Our Work in Action
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uAspire Applauds 2019 Congressional Efforts on Financial Aid Offers
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uAspire Celebrates Passing of FUTURE Act
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Confusion Still Reigns Over Student Aid. Here’s Why.
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OPINION: Six Lessons from Louisiana about Helping Students Obtain Federal Aid for College
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uAspire Testifies Before U.S. Senate Education Committee on College Affordability
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Why is it So Difficult to Figure Out How Much You’re Going to Pay for College
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Mass. Students Borrowing More to Attend Public Universities
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Ep 22: College Affordability with Bob Giannino and Allie Negron of uAspire
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How to Find a College You’ll Love
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You Got Into College. Congratulations! Here's the Bill
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On College Success: A conversation with Bob Giannino, uAspire
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The Early Bird Still Gets the Worm: Early FAFSA and PPY in Year Two
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How Schools and Startups Are Hacking College Affordability
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Financial Aid Letters Often Hide the Real Cost of College
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uAspire and New America Release “Decoding the Cost of College”
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College Financial Aid Woefully Inadequate To Cover Costs Claims New Study
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Study: College Financial Aid Award Letters Lack Clarity, Transparency
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The Confusing Information Colleges Provide Students About Financial Aid
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Financial Aid Letters Are Really, Really Confusing
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36% of Colleges Are Hiding the Cost to Students
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Financial Games Colleges Play
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A Deep Dive Into New Research on Financial Aid Award Letters
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Why Your College Financial Aid Letter May Be Misleading
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Why 20-Somethings Make Terrific College Counselors for Low-Income Students
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Ethical College Admissions: Financial Aid Transparency
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Momentum Grows to Increase Transparency and Consistency of Award Letters—NASFAA Signs On
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Why So Many Poor Kids Who Get Into College Don’t End Up Enrolling
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College-Bound? The Fees Could End Up Being a Big Surprise
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Meet Bay Area Board Member Casey Johnson
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Tips for How to Pay Back Student Loans
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Colleges Need to Clarify Just How Much Tuition Really Costs
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Editorial: Colleges Need to Clarify Real Tuition Costs
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Editorial: Colleges Should Clarify True Cost of Tuition
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The Trouble With College Finances
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Meet National Board Member Nadine Duplessy Kearns
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TIAA Unveils the TIAA Difference Maker 100
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4 Ways Parents (and Their Students) Can Avoid the College Debt Trap
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Meet Bay Area Board Member Amit Patel
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Repayment Options for Student Loans
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College Possible Receives Inaugural Evergreen National Education Prize
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TIAA Recognizes uAspire SF Bay Area Advisor for Work Helping Black Students Pay for College
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New Data Show Some Colleges are Definitively Unaffordable for Many
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Early Admission’s Effect on Financial Aid
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Some Colleges are Totally Unaffordable, and This Tool Proves It
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Parent’s Guide to the FAFSA and Federal Student Aid
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136 Names for a Student Loan
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uAspire Launches College Affordability Advising in NYC
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uAspire Announces Partnership with CollegeBound Initiative to Launch College Affordability Advising
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Statement of Bob Giannino, uAspire CEO, on the Trump Administration Decision to End DACA Program
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How Parents Can Help Their Children Avoid Regretting Their College Debt
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Update on uAspire Partnership with MA Attorney General
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uAspire Event in San Francisco’s Bayview Helps African American Student’s Prepare for College
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The Long Story of the Movement Toward College Cost Clarity
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uAspire Announces Jaclyn Piñero as New Bay Area Executive Director
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uAspire Hosts 4th Annual College Affordability Lab
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How Trump’s DACA Decision Affects Colleges and Students
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How a Text Message Might Boost College Enrollment
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uAspire's Exec Director Offers a Quick Lesson on Impact of Higher Ed Costs
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5 Numbers to Check to Compare Financial Aid Awards
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Placement Rates, Other Data Colleges Provide Consumers Are Often Alternative Facts
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Student Loan Debt
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uAspire Partners with MA Attorney General
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The Results Are In: Assessing the Preliminary Impact of Early FAFSA
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Can Behavioral Science Help in Flint
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College Affordability Day 2017
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uAspire’s MBSK Initiative Hosts Black Family FAFSA Frenzy
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uAspire: Applying for College Financial Aid
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The College Debt Crisis is Even Worse Than You Think
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Why Upperclassmen Lose Financial Aid
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College Financial Aid Letters Just Got a Little Better (to Read, Anyway)
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New Twist to Tech Donations: Google Promotes Racial Justice
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State Street Bank to Create 1,000 Jobs for Inner-city Youth
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Confusing Financial Aid Letters Leave Students, Parents Adrift
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Make College Costs Manageable for the Entire Family
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Advisors Work to Freeze 'Summer Melt,' Get Students to College
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