Early FAFSA: What have we learned? A look at how new rules impact admissions and aid.

The article reports on the announcement by the Department of Education in 2015 of the move to an earlier Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) filing date using prior-prior year guidelines. Topics discussed include reasons given by schools that did not plan to make significant changes in the first year of early FAFSA and findings of a review of filing rates nationwide for the 2017-18 academic cycle published by enrollment management consultant Todd White.