DeKALB – MAP grant amounts will be reduced by 8%, up to $336 per student for the spring 2025 semester.
NIU’s Financial Aid and Scholarship Office notified students of the change in an email on Friday. According to the email, the reduction for each...
DeKALB – NIU President Lisa Freeman announced at Wednesday’s University Council meeting that, barring any other issues, financial aid packages should be sent out to first-year students by the end of next week and to returning students within the next...
By Kayla Martin, News Reporter
| February 26, 2024
DeKALB – With the new updates FAFSA has implemented, student financial aid offers across the country are being delayed.
For the 2024-25 school year and beyond, the U.S. Department of Education updated the FAFSA to create an easier and simpler process...
DeKALB – The U.S. Department of Education has issued new rules and regulations that looks to protect students from unaffordable college debt and keep colleges accountable for providing financial aid.
From 2013 through 2022, the Department of Education...
The Illinois Student Assistance Commission (ISAC) is offering assistance with college applications and financial aid to students and schools during College Changes Everything Month in Illinois.
Throughout the month of October, ISAC will be offering...
By Northern Star Editorial Board
| September 25, 2019
FAFSA applications for the 2020-21 school year open Oct. 1, and students will soon be tasked with the complicated process of proving they are worthy of financial assistance for college expenses. In determining FAFSA eligibility, a student is reduced to...
Filling out FASFA every year seems like a burdening task, but we all go through it. Here are four gifs that describe emotions and confusion throughout the process. Don’t forget, FASFA applications for the 2018-2019 school year opened Sunday, October...
Student Association Senators listen to a presentation during the SA Senate meeting Sunday. SA Senate meetings are open to the public and take place 5 p.m. Sundays in the Holmes Student Center, Sky Room.
Kishwaukee College, 21193 Malta Road in Malta, will hold a FAFSA Completion Night 6 p.m. Thursday in Room A1345.Financial Aid staff will be present to help students complete the 2016-17 forms, according to a Kishwaukee College tweet.Students are asked...
