by Alabama Possible | Jul 21, 2017 | College Success
Filling out the FAFSA will help you pay for college. You need it for financial aid and many scholarships. Use this quick Q&A guide to learn more about the FAFSA so you can get as much cash for college as possible. Q: What is the FAFSA? A: FAFSA stands for...
by Alabama Possible | Jun 19, 2017 | Cash for College, College Success, data, Engaged Learning, Higher Education Alliance, Uncategorized
At the second annual Cash for College Alabama celebration at Trenholm State Community College on June 8, educators from around the state gathered to celebrate creating a college-going culture in Alabama. Willietta Ellis Connor, education specialist at the Alabama...
by Alabama Possible | Apr 4, 2017 | Blueprints, Cash for College, College Success
The FAFSA’s (Free Application for Federal Students Aid) IRS Data Retrieval Tool is down until October 2017 according to The U.S. Department of Education. The IRS Data Retrieval Tool allows for a direct, electronic transfer of processed tax information from the IRS...
by Alabama Possible | Mar 28, 2017 | College Success, food security, Higher Education Alliance
By April Davis, AmeriCorpsVISTA Hunger is not a rite of passage. Yet nearly half of college students face the risk of hunger, according to the study Hunger on Campus. “These students are not the archetypical ‘poor college student,’ who spend too much...
by Alabama Possible | Mar 3, 2017 | Cash for College, College Success
This year, Cash for College Birmingham introduced a student leadership component to the FAFSA completion efforts. Thanks to a grant award from State Farm Youth Advisory Board, Cash for College Birmingham now utilizes ten student ambassadors within each of the...
by Alabama Possible | Feb 28, 2017 | Cash for College, College Success
Each year, students in the United States miss out on more than $2 billion dollars of free money for college. To receive this money, all that students need to do is complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). FAFSA is what colleges use to...
