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Mapping Your Future is a nonprofit organization committed to helping students, families, and schools navigate the higher education and student loan processes through trusted career, college, and financial aid resources. Mapping Your Future provides accurate and up-to-date information that helps students plan, prepare, and pay for higher education and contributes to national student loan default prevention efforts by providing information and services to students and their families.
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Department of Education publishes new instructions for financial aid professionals to access federal immigration status system
By Marlene Seeklander Financial aid administrators working with non-citizens will want to check out the latest…
The good and bad of student loans
By Catherine Mueller Student loans have gotten a lot of press in the past few years…
FSA online training courses highlight Cohort Default Rates and Default Prevention
By Marlene Seeklander Financial aid professionals can sharpen their knowledge about cohort default rates and…
A guide to fall conference season – three ways to justify your attendance
By Catherine Mueller With Labor Day approaching, it’s time to start preparing for the next season…
Input sought for FSA’s Fiscal Year 2026-30 draft strategic plan goals and objectives
By Marlene Seeklander Financial aid stakeholders have the opportunity to provide input to Federal Student Aid…
2025-26 Federal Student Aid Handbook now available in PDF format
By Marlene Seeklander Financial aid professionals have another way to access the 2025-26 Federal Student Aid…
