📢 In case you missed it - Over the past year, the uAspire team has released four reports focused on different aspects of expanding access to education and opportunity for students. Check them out here: buff.ly/UCp1ndZ

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We've got two FREE practitioner webinars coming up!

📆 March 10 - Financial aid offer review (for practitioners)
📆 April 15 - Navigating Federal Student Loan Changes (for practitioners)

We'd love for you to join us - register today: www.uaspire.org/news-events

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Massachusetts is expanding college access. Now it must invest in completion. - Boston Business Journal Massachusetts spends just 2.3% of its budget on higher education, among the lowest nationally. Advocates want more Fair Share surtax funds redirected.

A new op-ed in the Boston Business Journal urges MA to invest in college completion, as detailed in CHEAO’s new policy roadmap. Read more: buff.ly/w1k4s1n

#collegeaccess #highered #massachusetts #uAspire

Applying for financial aid should be a Massachusetts high school graduation requirement Making FAFSA completion a graduation requirement in Massachusetts isn’t about mandating college. It’s about removing barriers and expanding opportunities.

A new op-ed in CommonWealth Beacon by uAspire's MA Policy Director, Femi Stoltz, highlights the need for a financial aid form graduation requirement in Massachusetts! Read more here: https://ow.ly/AeZb50YbUxA

#FAFSA #CollegeAccess #EdPolicy #Massachusetts #HigherEd #StudentSuccess #uAspire

Big shoutout to our team who led uAspire’s first CA Advocacy Day in Sacramento! They met with 11 legislative offices & testified at a budget hearing to advance:

✅ Basic needs expansion
✅ Standardized aid offers
✅ Support for mixed-status students

#uAspire #HigherEd #CAleg