The Department of Education is making it harder for colleges to reconsider—and potentially increase—financial aid for students who've lost jobs or family income in the pandemic. The department has said little publicly about the apparent shift in policy.
for college students seeking financial aid appeals. She says,"Punitive, shortsighted decisions like these hurt both students and schools."
"I think financial aid offices are out there doing their best," says Rachelle Feldman, associate provost of scholarships and student aid at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill."But the fear of audit, the change in guidance — it's all very real and paralyzing."Most students planning to attend college in the fall submitted financial information from 2018 — information that may now be woefully outdated for many families, given the current crisis.
That's what Divine Girouard did. Girouard, 25, is a mother of two in Gardner, Mass., who just finished her first year of community college. She hopes to someday work in counseling. When the pandemic hit, she was laid off from her job running before- and after-care programs for her local public school district."This job was kind of the main breadwinner for my family," Girouard says.
Girouard is now waiting to hear whether her job loss will lead to an adjustment in her financial aid.
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