2018-19 Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA®) Opened Oct. 1
OCTOBER 3, 2017 Internal Revenue Service Data Retrieval Tool (IRS DRT) is Available! The financial aid filing season officially began at 1 a.m. ET on Sunday, Oct. 1 with the launch of the 2018‒19 FAFSA® at fafsa.gov. Nearly 238,000 online applications were submitted the first day, representing an eight percent increase compared to one year ago….
Undocumented Immigrants Were Afraid To Use California Wildfire Shelters, So They Slept On Beaches
After President Trump pledged disaster relief and National Guard troops swarmed the region, “people got more afraid,” one shelter operator said.
Making change: The state budget as a tool for racial and ethnic equity
The 2018 budget includes several investments that address pervasive, unacceptable and avoidable barriers to opportunity for many of the state’s children of color, but a much more intentional effort is needed to overcome long-standing inequities that can be traced to current and historic public policies in Lansing and nationwide. State budgets are not “colorblind”—even if…
Former HUD Secretary Henry Cisneros to speak at MSU
September 6, 2017 – Heidi Macwan EAST LANSING, Mich. – In celebration of National Hispanic Heritage Month, Henry Cisneros, the former U.S. Secretary of Housing and Development, will give a lecture Oct. 11 at Michigan State University. Hosted by the School of Planning, Design and Construction, the event will take place at 5 p.m. in the auditorium…