FAFSA and Education Abroad Funding

Recent Changes and the Holistic Assessment of “Need”

The Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) underwent significant updates in 2024. The goal of these updates is to simplify the application process for U.S. federal financial aid and improve accessibility for students and their families.

韩国三级片created this resource to help education abroad and student funding administrators better understand FAFSA as a tool for awarding funds to help students afford their education abroad programs. The resource highlights the recent FAFSA updates and offers expert discussion of both the information that can and cannot be gained from this updated form and the data it outputs.

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References and Additional Resources

(official website)

FAFSA Eligibility
, which includes administrative summaries and:
- , which includes nine volumes of guidance on student aid.
- , which are “one of the primary communication types used to convey guidance.”

NAFSA - National Association of International Educators

Funding Study Abroad Subcommittee (formerly Federal Aid Subcommittee of Education Abroad Regulatory Practice)
- (accessible with a free membership account)
NAFSA Financing EA Resources (from past Government Connection webinar) (PDF)
(accessible with a paid NAFSA membership)
(purchase digital download).

NASFAA- National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators

Examples of institutions utilizing FAFSA to inform their approaches to aid:

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