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🌟 In March, uAspire, students, and partners gathered in Sacramento for our 2026 California Advocacy Day! We focused on advancing college affordability and expanding access to financial aid in CA. Read about our priorities: buff.ly/r98EixJ #CollegeAccess #Financialaid

uAspire and Building Bridges Education have launched a collaborative summer fellowship to advance diverse postsecondary pathways! Check it out and share with any students who may be eligible to apply. To learn more: buff.ly/HtnPm90

📢 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 #collegeaccess #uaspire #educationpolicy

💰📚 Attention students and families! Financial aid offer season is here, and we’re here to help! 🎉 Join our FREE webinars for insights from uAspire advisors-learn how to apply for scholarships and make the most of your financial aid offers. Register: uaspire.org/FinAidEvents

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: uaspire.org/news-events #financialaid

Have questions about how to best support students with changes to federal student loans? We are offering FREE webinars for practitioners throughout the spring that will focus on the changes to federal student loans under OBBBA. Register here: uaspire.org/news-events/na…

The State Comptroller’s report (buff.ly/QW7v6qr) confirms NY’s Tuition Assistance Program is falling behind college costs. In uAspire’s brief, A Path Toward Educational Equity (buff.ly/zdnTwoy), we share how TAP reform can help persistence, completion, & equity.

uAspire's CA Policy Director, Parshan Khosravi, and student intern, Jake Silva, spent last week collaborating with our partners and advocating for Student Basic Needs at CHEBNA in Sacramento. Read about highlights, advocacy goals, and future plans: buff.ly/5BkcHeq

🗺️ Navigating the quest for scholarships 💸 as a college student can be daunting. Here are three scholarship opportunities available for those currently attending college, with two also open to high school seniors! Apply yourself or 🏈 pass this along to a friend!

#BasicNeeds Action Day is here! uAspire is proud to join our partners and advocates in calling on the California legislative leaders for more investment in student basic needs. Want to learn about our priorities, check out our two-pager: buff.ly/npy4OC4

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

We’re proud to share our new @BosBizJournal op-ed, co-authored with our partners at Hildreth Institute, @uAspire, @EdTrustMA, @Latinos4Ed & MassINC Policy Center on how Mass can invest in advising + support to turn college access into completion. onegoal.com/4trdruM

What does net price mean to you? Our latest research brief, Caution: Prices May Vary, found that the terminology used in financial aid offers remains inconsistent. Check out the report here: uaspire.org/caution-prices…

uAspire joins higher education partners in California to launch the #CHEBNA summit with a loud and clear message: We call on the legislature to pass #SB961 and invest in Student #BasicNeeds.

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 MA! Check out the op-ed here: ow.ly/A6KJ50YbUxB #EdPolicy #Massachusetts #HigherEd #StudentSuccess #uAspire

🌟 It is Financial Aid Awareness Month! 🎉 Every year, billions of dollars in grants and scholarships are awarded to college students across the country. The only way to get them is to apply! We have free resources to help at uaspire.org/resources/fina…

uAspire applauds Governor Maura Healey’s FY27 budget that again prioritizes postsecondary education and focuses on sustaining or enhancing several key higher education initiatives. 🔗 Full Statement: ow.ly/q1Bt50Y5IpR

📢 New policy brief from uAspire Written by Melissa Clarke, the brief calls for modernizing New York’s Tuition Assistance Program to better reflect today’s cost of college and advance educational equity. 🔗 uaspire.org/reforming-nys-… #NYPolicy #CollegeAffordability #TAP

Looking for FAFSA help @YsletaISD Seniors? Join the @uAspire FAFSA Walkthrough webinar tomorrow JAN 14th. Register: events.zoom.us/ev/AoSipxAcCdu…

🦩 @uAspire FAFSA Walkthrough Event🦩 uAspire is hosting a free virtual event next week for students who want to learn more about the FAFSA. 🗓️ Wed January 12 | 4:00 - 5:00 pm on Zoom 🔗 uaspire.org/news-events/fi…